Despicable trade

Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala, Rachel Nolan, reviewed by Gavin O'Toole

Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala, Rachel Nolan, 2024, Harvard University Press

In the annals of global capitalism, the vilest form of commodification concerns the most uncorrupted of creations—children.

“Some countries export bananas,” a Guatemalan lawyer who arranged private adoptions once told The Economist. “We…