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Author: Paige Towers
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Imprint: University of Iowa Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.513kg
ISBN: 9781685970673
ISBN 10: 1685970672
Pages: 390
Publication Date: 26 May 2026
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
“In this meticulously researched book, Paige Towers braids a modern-day familicide with the story of one man’s messianic zeal in the 1950s to find South Korean babies for childless American couples. With an unflinching eye, Towers reveals a history of cruelty to birth mothers and their children and the lingering pain of this sorry legacy. What They Stole questions assumptions of cultural hegemony and asks to whom a child belongs. A fascinating read.”—Maria Laurino, author, The Price of Children: Stolen Lives in a Land Without Choice “In What They Stole, Paige Towers blends true crime, geopolitical analysis, and historical storytelling to examine the legacy of the Holt Adoption Program, which shaped international adoption for generations. Her gripping account of the trafficking, traumas, and tragedies at the core of the Holt story builds to an elegiac reckoning that is long overdue.”—Gretchen Sisson, author, Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
“In this meticulously researched book, Paige Towers braids a modern-day familicide with the story of one man’s messianic zeal in the 1950s to find South Korean babies for childless American couples. With an unflinching eye, Towers reveals a history of cruelty to birth mothers and their children and the lingering pain of this sorry legacy. What They Stole questions assumptions of cultural hegemony and asks to whom does a child belong. A fascinating read.”—Maria Laurino, author, The Price of Children: Stolen Lives in a Land Without Choice “In What They Stole, Paige Towers blends true crime, geopolitical analysis, and historical storytelling to examine the legacy of the Holt Adoption Program, which shaped international adoption for generations. Her gripping account of the trafficking, traumas, and tragedies at the core of the Holt story builds to an elegiac reckoning that is long overdue.”—Gretchen Sisson, author, Relinquished
Author Information
Paige Towers is author of The Sound of Undoing: A Memoir in Essays. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, McSweeney’s, and Harvard Review. Originally from Iowa, Towers now lives along the Washington coast.
