{"product_id":"stone-walls-an-ugly-duckling-story-an-adoptees-search-for-identity-family-and-understanding-paperback","title":"Stone Walls: An Ugly Duckling Story: An adoptee's search for identity, \"family,\" and understanding - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandra Patricia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra Patricia grew up unwanted and unloved, only to become pregnant and give a daughter up for adoption. A few months later, Sandra is horrified to discover that she was adopted specifically to keep her adoptive parents from divorcing. Their unhappy and stressful marriage and family life fed years of depression, stress in Sandra's own marriage, and alcoholism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Sandra flees her husband and children and subsequently crashes her car, she is forced to face her addiction. As her life and marriage turn around through sobriety, she rebuilds her life, pursuing a university education and searching both for her own birth family and the daughter she gave up. Sandra's thirty-five-year search reveals power struggles with social service agencies, an outdated and barbaric social service system-both within Manitoba and throughout Canada-and a web of secrets, lies, and deception. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStone Walls relates to all adoptees and birth families who search for connection and are denied relationships due to the outdated and cruel laws and practices of social service agencies and their personnel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47508695613618,"sku":"9781038349811","price":30.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/LCIV1l49gk9781038349811.webp?v=1779614943","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/stone-walls-an-ugly-duckling-story-an-adoptees-search-for-identity-family-and-understanding-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}