Surrender

A Memoir of Nature, Nurture, and Love

By: Marylee MacDonald

Narrated by: Kristi Koons

Her young life changed in an instant. Now she shares her story with the child she gave away.

Adopted at birth, Marylee's parents told her she was a "chosen child". She tried her hardest to make them proud, but her parents' divorce sent her into the comforting arms of a handsome Catholic boy. Convinced that he was her Romeo and she a modern-day Juliet, she surrendered to passion. Unfortunately, it was 1961. Pregnant girls were sent away, and their babies given up for adoption.

Nature vs. nurture: Which plays a greater role in who we become? The family we were raised in, or the parents we never knew? In telling her adult son the story of his birth, can the narrator find compassion for her own wounded inner child?

If you like truthful accounts laced with the passion of youth and the wisdom of age, listen to Marylee MacDonald's funny and poignant memoir about how we grow up, grow old, and learn to accept ourselves.

©2020 Marylee MacDonald (P)2020 Marylee MacDonald

This powerful and true story needed to be told!

A true story full of truth! Set in the early 60's how there wasn't much choice but to give up your baby for adoption and how this author struggled to cope with much heartache and regret. She goes onto please her mother as she is shamed. I highly recommend reading or listening to this courageous women's true story and how she continues on and even though she has more children she never stops loving and seeks out to find her eldest son. Love conquerors all! Susan Nicholson