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'American Baby' spotlights a mom and biological child's search for each other after closed adoption

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We revisit host Peter O’Dowd’s conversation with journalist Gabrielle Glaser about her book “American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption” from January.

The segment sparked a lot of listener responses, which we also will revisit. Click here for those responses.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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