You Carried Me, Melissa Ohden
You Carried Me, Melissa Ohden
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You Carried Me
A Daughter’s Memoir

Author: Melissa Ohden

Narrator: Melissa Ohden

Unabridged: 4 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/21/2020


Synopsis

What happens when an abortion survivor finds her birth mother, who never knew her daughter was alive?

Winner, 2018 Christianity Today Book Award, CT Women Silver Medal Winner, 2018 Illumination Book Awards, Biography & Memoir

Melissa Ohden is fourteen when she learns she is the survivor of a botched abortion. In this intimate memoir she details for the first time her search for her biological parents, and her own journey from anger and shame to faith and empowerment.

After a decade-long search Melissa finally locates her birth father and writes to extend forgiveness, only to learn that he has died without answering her burning questions. Melissa becomes a mother herself in the very hospital where she was aborted. This experience transforms her attitude toward women who have had abortions, as does the miscarriage of her only son and the birth of a second daughter with complex health issues. But could anything prepare her for the day she finally meets her birth mother and hears her side of their story?

This intensely personal story of love and redemption illumines the powerful bond between mother and child that can overcome all odds.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on November 28, 2019

*thank you to Netgalley, Melissa Ohden and Monarch Books for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review* 3 stars. Such a heartfelt true story. This isn't my typical type of book that I read but I found it to be quite good nonetheless. It's a very fast read so I got through it in one sitting.......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on October 19, 2021

This was a FANTASTIC book! I was not a botched abortion, but my birth mother was going to have an abortion, but I was saved. I was allowed to live. This book was personal to me in a way. Reading how abortion affects all of those involved was something I never really thought about. Her birth mother we......more

Goodreads review by Mary on June 17, 2017

Excellent and powerful story written by a woman who survived (as the unborn baby) a botched abortion. This is a story of love, redemption, and forgiveness.......more