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Tennessee Tears
by George John Curtis

Published: 2006-07-15
Paperback : 296 pages
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"Tennessee Tears, is the unbelivable true story about an abused crippled orphane boy named Brian who searches 42 years for his biological family. He fine ds his dream only to discover that he was one of the victims of the worst scandal in American history! The Tennessee Childrens Home Society ...
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"Tennessee Tears, is the unbelivable true story about an abused crippled orphane boy named Brian who searches 42 years for his biological family. He fine ds his dream only to discover that he was one of the victims of the worst scandal in American history! The Tennessee Childrens Home Society Scandal, which was the subject of Lifetime Cables made for television movie, Stolen Babies, that starred Mary Tyler Moore in an Emmy Award winning role as Georgia Tann. This is the only book written about the scandal, by a surviving victim." My best wishes to you and I both, this is the beginning of more history!!!!

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Why wasn't the children's records of birth released?
Why would an agency have more knowledge about a child than the child?
Who profited from numerous adoptions?
by Patcochran1 (see profile) 12/03/13

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by Patcochran1 (see profile) 12/03/13
Adoption laws have changed tremendously as a result of one persons search for his family. Contact the author and he would be happy to discuss the book with your book club Email [email protected]. He has appeared on Oprah. And still remains quite humble.

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  "Tennessee tears"by Patricia C. (see profile) 12/03/13

Written by a survivor of one of the biggest baby adoption scandals in US history. It was sad and thought providing at the same time to know a young child had been taken from his Mother and spend years... (read more)

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