Articles
Elle Magazine
Recent Article in Elle Magazine: “Secret Abortions - Why Women Remain Silent”
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Irish Independent Cover Feature on Impossible Motherhood
The Irish Independent ran a cover article on my story of Impossible Motherhood, “I had 15 abortions… it was my terrible addiction”.
The Independent
Link: My Terrible Addiction by Caitriona Palmer
Miami Herald
Link: Her Body of Work - Literally by Mirta Ojito
The Oregonian
Link: Book Review: Impossible Motherhood
Washington Post
Link: An Addiction That Only Motherhood Could Cure by Manuel Roig-Franzia
The Age
Link: Author addicted to an abusive relationship, not to abortion: expert
Los Angeles Times
Link: Memoir of a Former Abortion Addict by Robin Abcarian
Sacramento Book Review
Link: Book Review: Impossible Motherhood
Huffington Post
Link: Abortion Addict Speaks
National Post
Link: Woman 'Addicted to Abortion' Releases Memoir by Mary Vallis
Elle Magazine
Link: Book Release: Impossible Motherhood
Gregory Rabassa’s “If this be Treason,” New Directions 2006
Link: Read excerpt at Google Books
Mirta Ojito article in The New York Times
“Ms. Vilar, who prefers discussing poetry to politics, says she wrote the book not to add to or detract from her grandmother’s near-mythic status, but to give a voice to herself and to her dead mother, Gladys Mendez. Both, she says, have languished in the shadow of Ms. Lebron.”