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Adrienne Arieff

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http://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscomaearieff

gender

female

website

http://www.thesacredthread.com/blog/

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arieffcomm

genre

Biographies & Memoirs

member since

October 2007

About this author

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Adrienne, married, 30-something, and childless in San Francisco, was eager to start a family. But after a devastating, late-term miscarriage, she didn't believe becoming a mother could ever be possible. Half a world away, in a remote village in India, Vaina was happily married with three small children, but with no means to support her family and build a better life for them all. Poignant, eye-opening, and bittersweet,The Sacred Thread is a memoir of the astonishing journey these two young women took to create a family through international surrogacy.

ADRIENNE ARIEFF is the principal of Arieff Communications. Adrienne has been featured on many television shows, including Today, and she has been highlighted as a PR resource or style expert in...more

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Books by Adrienne Arieff

Average rating: 3.96 · 73 ratings · 29 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Sacred Thread: A True Story of Becoming a Mother and Finding a Family--Half a World Away 3.97 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	The Sacred Thread: A True Story of Becoming a Mother and Finding a Family--Half a World Away 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	25 the Spa Book by Allison Arieff, Bryan Burkhart, Deborah Bishop 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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May 18, 2012 01:59pm
Adrienne Arieff liked Sherry's review of Remarkable Creatures: " Can you tell I'm on vacation?! Though I have decided that's the state I am in for the rest of my life, so I should not have to ask myself or "you" :)! Someone who visited our casa told us this was a great read and so I read it. I didn't think it w... " Read more of this review »
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Apr 23, 2012 08:03pm
Adrienne Arieff liked Jenn's review of The Sacred Thread: " My favorite part of the book, besides her honesty of miscarrying, was the attention she brings to her surrogate, Vaina. As a big advocate of birth-moms, I think it is important to remember and hold to high esteem, the women who sacrifice their bod... " Read more of this review »
Apr 13, 2012 04:10pm · see review
Adrienne Arieff gave to: The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai	My rating:
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Adrienne Arieff gave to: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Apr 13, 2012 04:09pm
Adrienne Arieff gave to: The Method Method: Seven Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-up Turn an Industry Upside Down by Eric Ryan read in September, 2011	My rating:
Apr 13, 2012 04:09pm
Adrienne Arieff liked Dorothy Hensel's review of The Sacred Thread: " This is a heartwarming, emotional story that is enjoyable to read. "
Mar 09, 2012 07:02pm · see review
Adrienne Arieff gave to: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga	My rating:
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Adrienne Arieff gave to: Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie	My rating:
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