The pain of her first suckling was nothing to the pain I’ve felt since giving her away. No mother, anywhere, under any circumstances in the world, can ever find it easy to abandon their own offspring. Parents in London evacuating their children to unknown families in the countryside, far from the threat of bombs, persecuted Jews in Europe waving goodbye to the Kindertransport, not knowing whether they would ever meet again. But none of them could have done it without stifling their cries as their hearts tore into pieces.
