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Book Review of The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption

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Interesting story of Georgia Tann, who essentially started America's adoption program. Not in a good way, however. Georgia was manipulative, often actually stealing babies and small children in order to place them with wealthy families - for a large fee. Her behavior was deplorable!

In addition to not enjoying reading about this beast of a woman, the writing was so disjointed, I simply couldn't finish the book. Story skipped around so much I had a hard time keeping track of which kid ended up where, and why.

So sorry for all the emotional damage Georgia Tann inflicted on so many innocent families.