My sister Kathryn asked if I was going to include
Christina Crawford. I said I was and would move her up the schedule a little …
November is National Adoption Month! Throughout the
month I'll feature famous folk who have been adopted! And now a view from the
dark side...
Culled mostly from Wikipedia:
Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) is a writer
and actress, best known as the
author of Mommie Dearest, an autobiographical account
of alleged child abuse by mother, actress Joan Crawford.
She was born in Los Angeles, California
to unmarried teen parents.
According to Christina; her father,
Larry King (yes, THAT Larry King), supposedly in the Navy, was married to another woman while her
mother was unmarried. Christina Crawford was adopted
from a baby broker
in the state of Nevada
because Joan Crawford was formerly denied an adoption by Social
Services for being an unfit candidate in California
in 1940. Subsequent documentation showed that the adoption was handled by Georgia Tann
through Tann's infamous Tennessee Children's Home Society.
Christina was one of five children adopted by Joan Crawford.
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“Abby’s Road, the Long and Winding Road
Join Mike and Esther as they go through IUIs and IFVs, as
they search for an adoption agency, are selected by a birth mother, prepare
their house, prepare their family, prepare themselves and wait for their
daughter to be born a thousand miles from home.
Winner, Honorable Mention, 2014, Great Midwest Book Festival
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