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At the tender age of 17, Tina was frightened and pregnant. Feeling abandoned and desperate, she stepped into the clinic to have an abortion. But in the midst of it, something unexpected happened . . . something wonderful. Instead of snuffing out the growing life within, the procedure failed.... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gianna Jessen: Main Character of the story who lived through a saline abortion.
- Tina: Gianna's biological mother
- Diana DePaul: Gianna's adoptive mother
- Dené: Gianna's step sister
First Sentence edit
Tina was trembling when she got off the bus in Los Angeles.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1- Tragic Decision with a Happy Ending
Chapter 2- The Whole Truth
Chapter 3- All in the Family
Chapter 4- Learning to Cope
Chapter 5- New Surgery and a New Name
Chapter 6- Her First Public Testimony
Chapter 7- Into the Spotlight
Chapter 8- The Politics of Abortion
Chapter 9- Shouted Down in L.A.
Chapter 10- Braving the Death-Scorts
Chapter 11- A Ministry Takes Off
Chapter 12- National TV and the Unknown Viewer
Chapter 13- "That's What God Wants Me to Do"
Chapter 14- Answering the Skeptics
Chapter 15- All Things Work Together
Chapter 16- Reaching Out in Love
Chapter 17- Unexpected Clues
Chapter 18- A Gathering of Survivors
Chapter 19- Looking for Gianna's Birth Mother
Chapter 20- Confronting the Doubts
Chapter 21- Tina's Story
Chapter 22- Becoming a Young Woman
Chapter 23- What's Next?
Afterword
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jessica Shaver (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 649
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