Behind Closed Doors A Daughter's Story

This story is about an Italian Catholic family that came to America on vacation and never returned to their homeland. When their youngest unwed daughter became pregnant, her family disowned her. It was 1949. Abortions were illegal. She was seventeen when she gave birth. She was my mother. This book chronicles the effects the birth of an unwanted child had on three families and three generations. It takes you through the unsettling chain of events that followed after my mother¿s family sent her away. It shares her fight for survival to care for us, and how she eventually gave up and left me with strangers. After years of separation we reunited, but I struggled to forgive her for all she had done.I spent a lifetime trying to find my place in the world. All I ever wanted was to have a home and family I could call my own. I never felt like I fit in anywhere. I was desperate to know why my life had been fragmented. I went searching for the truth, and I found it. I had trouble living with the knowledge I gained.I describe in detail the terrible decisions I made in my quest for the truth and the price I paid for them. I summarize the lessons I learned about life and how I finally managed to finally find happiness.