To Have and Not to Hold

Finding out that you're pregnant is normally the beginning of a mother's journey. It's the start of a joyful adventure and a lifetime of love. But what about those mothers who, whether by circumstance or choice, give up their children for adoption?

Lorri Benson's memoirTo Have and Not to Holdchronicles her decision to place her unborn daughter for adoption. Years later, Lorri did everything she could to find and connect with her.

With accounts from the daughter, birth mother, and adoptive mother, To Have and Not to Holdshows how adoption shapes everyone involved."