“Impressively reported...[Sisson] uses her deep well of knowledge to make the case that adoption is no solution for Americans’ reduced access to abortion.” —San Francisco Chronicle A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mothers for whom the choice to parent was never real Adoption has always been viewed as a beloved institution for building families, as well as a mutually agreeable common ground in the abortion debate, but little attention has been paid to the lives of mothers who relinquish infants for private adoption. Relinquished reveals adoption to be a path of constrained choice for those for whom abortion is inaccessible, or for whom parenthood is untenable. The stories of relinquishing mothers are stories about our country's refusal to care for families at the most basic level, and to instead embrace an individual, private solution to a large-scale, social problem. With the recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization revoking abortion protections, we are in a political moment in which adoption is, increasingly, being revealed as an institution devoted to separating families and policing parenthood under the guise of feel-good family-building. Rooted in a long-term study, Relinquished features the in-depth testimonies of American mothers who placed their children for domestic adoption. The voices of these women are powerful and heartrending; they deserve to be heard.

Relinquished An Australian graduate, Michelle Apperton, disappears while working on a conservation assessment of two islands in New Zealand’s rugged Marlborough Sounds. Ben Arthur, a New Zealand university lecturer, has to defend his innocence of any crime and convince the police that tuatara smugglers abducted her. Michelle’s nightmare is just beginning. She finds out she will be a consolation prize for a visiting Singaporean collector of rare and endangered wildlife, and that she will be murdered by the smugglers once he leaves their Wairarapa farm. Frustrated in every desperate attempt to resist her captors, her only hope of survival lies with Keith Shandler, an ex-con, but his help has a price. Ben, quite prepared to risk his life for Michelle, follows a lead to her whereabouts, but by then she is on the run with Keith. Pursued, Keith makes a succession of fateful decisions that lead to he and Michelle becoming trapped on a Cook Strait ferry. One life will be forfeit, and the other will never be the same.

“LET GO OF IT IF HOLDING ON MEANT LOSING YOURSELF AND QUESTIONING YOUR SELF WORTH” The book titled ‘’Relinquish~ The endings won’t end you!'' Is all about the theme of letting go! Let go of it- The past that still holds your fingertip, the trauma that doesn’t let you live, the relationship that has been nothing but toxic, the overthinking killing your positivity and all those fears that have crept in. Life isn’t all about roses but for once let go of all those thorns and let courage and optimistic energy flush in! The book will take you down to discovering your own self, knowing your self-worth and letting go of all that holds you back because NOT EVERYTHING YOU LOSE IS A LOSS! “A hundred shades of your life, You don’t want to get grey It’s not what you own Everything you have will once fade The one who cares Will definitely stay LET GO of what takes yourself away! The poetry, the stories, the tales and the quotes each with a new meaning to unfold! The thoughts and the passion of the Co-authors! The beautiful meaning that their write up teaches us and a thought to forever cherish! “LET GO OF THE ILLUSION THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY DIFFERENT “ I hope all those avid readers reading this anthology learn about the art of letting go, embrace their own self and always remember! Be enough for yourself first the rest of the world can wait! Learn to let go of all those things holding you back and spread your wings in the open sky to fly!

She was supposed to be taking a break from work to rethink her future. She wasn't supposed to be falling in love with her boss. He was supposed to be resting at a beachside retreat and unwinding from a few very stressful years. He wasn't supposed to be wanting her in ways that had nothing to do with the job. Betsy has worked with John Davenport for four years, and she's always been an efficient, practical member of his crisis response team. He might be brilliant, attractive, and good-hearted, but he's also driven, rather grumpy, and emotionally unavailable. Plus, he's never looked at her with any interest other than a friend and co-worker. No one has ever really been interested in her. She's never been the kind of woman that men fall for. No matter how much she loves her job with an international relief organization, she knows she can't do it forever. But as soon as she begins thinking toward a different future, John starts to respond to her in a completely new way. Maybe it's just a temporary feeling, prompted by some much needed downtime. Or maybe they've had more in their hearts than they've ever admitted. Relinquish is the first book in the Balm in Gilead series, a spin-off from the Willow Park series about couples who fall in love in a physical and spiritual rest center on the North Carolina coast called Balm in Gilead.

Free bird- He calls me free bird, yet I’m not the one who’s free. At least not as free as he is. He’s covered in tattoos, roaring down a Texas highway, and living life. I sit here, pondering what my life could be. It was only supposed to be some fun, not like this. I’m Avery, flustered Barista- looking for a diversion. I’m not like the others. I’m not ready to give-in and accept my fate. 2 Piece- I didn’t have a clue that the pull would be so strong. To concede, or relent, to just accept my feelings for her. She came looking for me, when I had no idea I wanted to be found. She’s so strong, it’s mesmerizing, but I’m not the only one who notices. Just when it hits me of what’s right in front of me, waiting, things turn chaotic. I’m 2 Piece, a stubborn member of the Oath Keepers MC. You think you know me because I’m a typical biker? You don’t have a clue. Together, this is our story. Can we relinquish and submit to our hearts? Newly edited and formatted as of 7/2017

He is the eldest son of the Li family. He is the most popular man under the emperor's feet. He is the Prime Minister of the royal government. She is the orphan of the decaying Chen family. Originally her mother was a concubine, but her family was ruined. Li Wenjun, the high spirited prime minister, took the army to the west to wipe out the thieves, but was persecuted by the minister, which led to the death of 30000 troops. Without any evidence, he planned to die and thank huangen. He jumped down from the cliff and was saved by her. At last, he let Li Wenjun abandon the prime minister and spend his whole life with her.