BRUSSELS - Women who give up their child for adoption come up against a double taboo. Society frowns on it - what mother does such a thing? Meanwhile, they themselves struggle with their maternal feelings. Sometimes. But sometimes not. Shadow Mother brings their story: sometimes harrowing and painful, sometimes resigned and reconciling with it all.
The testimonies are interspersed with informative chapters on topics including adoption, foster care and the search for your natural parent or child.
A book about giving up your child for adoption. Written by Kathleen Vereecken, with assistance from Arielle Sleutel.
COBQUECURA - 4.3 babies are born every second in the world. For a woman, childbirth is one of the most profound physical and emotional events in her life. Yet childbirth, like the female body in general, remains undervalued and under-researched.
KABUL - In the remote mountains of central Afghanistan, a Hazara family embarks on a quest for truth and justice after their daughter Zahra mysteriously dies at Kabul University.
BACAU - Georgiana Halmac, the eldest daughter in her family, turns fifteen this winter. She lives with her six siblings in a social housing flat on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. Her mother Liliana, an economic migrant in Turin, will not return until the summer.
