
Waiting to Forget: A Memoir
Title: Waiting to Forget: A Memoir Author: Margaret Moorman ISBN: 9780393039672 Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Published: 1996 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. B 1618128 Publisher Description: Described in the New York Times Book Review as "uniquely enlightening", Waiting to Forget is a mother's story of coming to terms with the child she gave up for adoption over thirty years ago. In 1965 Margaret Moorman was unmarried, pregnant, and still in high school. Forced by societal pressures to give her baby up, she suffered emotional trauma both before and for years after the birth. At forty, she gave birth to a daughter and found herself terrified by the possibility of losing h