{"product_id":"once-you-were-mine-9781662521140","title":"Once You Were Mine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genealogy search reveals heartrending connections between friends as it brings to light one woman's traumatic past as a teenage mother in the 1960s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a quiet North Carolina town in 1968, a seventeen-year-old girl's life is forever changed when a summer romance leads to an unplanned pregnancy. She is sent to an abusive \"maternity home,\" where she is shamed and deceived into signing adoption papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the present day, Allison Garrett volunteers as a \"search angel,\" using DNA tests to help strangers locate lost relatives. But the family tree she finds most compelling is that of her own mother, who was abandoned as a baby. As Allison puts the pieces together, they reveal much more than her mother's origins--and threaten to create further divisions in her tight-knit community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a family is separated by devastating circumstances, is it possible for them to heal the pain of the past and make up for lost time?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662521140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 363","brand":"Elizabeth Langston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44916343406773,"sku":"9781662521140","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_812b6b3e-f847-46da-81e4-9cabb084ff13.jpg?v=1734450021","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/once-you-were-mine-9781662521140","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}