Taken at Birth, Jane Blasio
Taken at Birth, Jane Blasio
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Taken at Birth
Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home

Author: Jane Blasio

Narrator: Lisa Larsen, Jane Blasio

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/10/2021

Synopsis

From the 1940s through the 1960s, young pregnant women entered the front door of a clinic in a small North Georgia town. Sometimes their babies exited out the back, sold to northern couples who were desperate to hold a newborn in their arms. But these weren't adoptions—they were transactions. And one unethical doctor was exploiting other people's tragedies.

Jane Blasio was one of those babies. At six, she learned she was adopted. At fourteen, she first saw her birth certificate, which led her to begin piecing together details of her past. Jane undertook a decades-long personal investigation to not only discover her own origins but identify and reunite other victims of the Hicks Clinic human trafficking scheme. Along the way she became an expert in illicit adoptions, serving as an investigator and telling her story on every major news network.

Taken at Birth is the remarkable account of her tireless quest for truth, justice, and resolution. Perfect for book clubs, as well as those interested in inspirational stories of adoption, human trafficking, and true crime.

About Jane Blasio

Jane Blasio is a Hicks Baby, sold at birth and passed through the back door of a clinic in North Georgia. She has served for more than nineteen years in federal law enforcement. An expert in illegal adoption, she helped unravel the mystery of the Hicks Clinic, breaking the story in 1997. She has appeared on CNN, ABC's Primetime, Good Morning America, Fox News, Inside Edition, and Entertainment Tonight, as well as in the New York Times, People, and Reader's Digest. She was the investigative lead on the recent TLC docuseries Taken at Birth. Jane currently lives in Akron, Ohio, and spends as much time as she can with family and friends.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan on July 24, 2021

Very difficult book to follow. After reading it I’m not sure I can tell who her mother is. Did anyone else figure it out? I get that she was able to trace her DNA to her maternal and paternal families. But that’s it. The writing is also very challenging to follow.......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on July 31, 2021

Taken At Birth by Jane Blasio is the story of Blasio’s struggle to find her birth family, as well as the birth families of hundreds of other people after finding out about a baby-selling operation in a small town in Georgia. It all revolved around a hometown doctor, Thomas J Hicks, in the small town......more

Goodreads review by Una on August 29, 2021

The actual story of a horrible “doctor” is fascinating and I wish the author focused more on that then her own fragmented and very hard to follow story. She should have hired help as many others have mentioned as her writing is all over the place.......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on August 16, 2021

I saw this book announced in a Yahoo news article which was quite well-written and intrigued me so much that I preordered it immediately. When I read the article, I presumed it was a trad published book from a Big 4 publishing house. Since when do major news outlets give free advertising to indie bo......more

Goodreads review by Craig on August 25, 2021

The most interesting part of this book, the horrific practices of an immoral physician over the span of two decades, unfortunately takes a back seat to the author's quest for finding her birth mother. The book could have been much better in the hands of a seasoned journalist with the skills not only......more

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