{"product_id":"surrender-a-memoir-of-nature-nurture-and-love","title":"Surrender: A Memoir of Nature, Nurture, and Love","description":"Her young life changed in an instant. Now she shares her story with the child she gave away.\nAdopted at birth, Marylee’s parents told her she was a “chosen child.” She tried her hardest to make them proud, but her parents’ divorce sent her into the comforting arms of a handsome Catholic boy.\nConvinced that he was her Romeo and she a modern-day Juliet, she surrendered to passion. Unfortunately, it was 1961. Pregnant girls were sent away, and their babies given up for adoption.\nNature vs. nurture: Which plays a greater role in who we become? The family we were raised in, or the parents we never knew?\nIn telling her adult son the story of his birth, can the narrator find compassion for her own wounded inner child?\nIf you like truthful accounts laced with the passion of youth and the wisdom of age, read Marylee MacDonald’s funny and poignant memoir about how we grow up, grow old, and learn to accept ourselves.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1951479297\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1951479297.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:MacDonald, Marylee\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43110432112701,"sku":"BVV.1951479297.A","price":7.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1951479297-0.jpg?v=1776288756","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/surrender-a-memoir-of-nature-nurture-and-love","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}