New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2021. Selected as a New York Times Notable Books of 2021. During the Baby Boom in 1960s America, the adoption business was founded on secrecy and lies, claiming to be acting in the best interests of all. This book lays out how the lucrative and exploitative industry removed children from their birth mothers and placed them with hopeful families, fabricating stories about infants' origins and destinations, then closing the door firmly between the parties forever.