Abandoned at Birth: Searching for the Arms That Once Held Me - Janet Sherlund

Sherlund, Janet: - JANET SHERLUND raised her family and served on nonprofit boards in education, health, and the cultural arts before writing her memoir, Abandoned at Birth . Her single most significant life event was being given up for adoption at birth. Being adopted made her feel as though she was living a borrowed life, undermined her sense of trust and personal value, and impacted every decision she made. It also led to a lifelong quest to find her biological mother with the hope of finally feeling a tether to this world, a sense of belonging, and ultimately, herself. Her memoir fulfilled a dream of becoming a published author, as well as raising awareness about loss and grief in adoption and why it takes more than love to survive that trauma. A graduate of Colgate University, Sherlund lives on the island of Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts with Rick, her husband of forty-five years. Abandoned at Birth is Sherlund's first book.