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The Unfinished Child

Theresa Shea

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Apr 12, 2013 Gina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: library, parenting, mothers, print-books, women-t-friendship, science, psychology-children-s, pregnancy, psychology, mental-illness

This was an emotional journey through both personal and historical ethics, care and treatment of babies born with Down Syndrome. The story is told from 3 perspectives: Margaret, whose daughter born in the early 1940's with Down Syndrome, who was immediately told to institutionalize her because she would never be accepted into the "real" world. Elizabeth who is nearing 40 and is trying to accept the fact that she will never conceive even though its been a dream since childhood. And Marie, a mothe ...more

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