Adrienne Arieff Explained

Adrienne Arieff is an entrepreneur and author of several books, including the controversial book The Sacred Thread.^[1] She wrote The Sacred Thread after traveling to India and hiring a woman there to serve as a surrogate mother for her twin daughters that were conceived via in vitro fertilisation.^{[2] [3]} Arieff's positive treatment of surrogacy prompted debate over the ethical and legal status of paying poor women to serve as surrogate mothers.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/adrienne-arieff/sacred-thread/ ”The Sacred Thread by Adrienne Arieff”
2. Grinberg, Emanuella (29 March 2012).“The highs and lows of foreign surrogacy”. CNN. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
3. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-307-71668-2 “Book Review: The Sacred Thread: A True Story of Becoming a Mother and Finding a Family- Half a World Away”
4. Rajapaksa, Roshini (25 May 2012). “Surrogates in India for American women” . FOX 5 NY. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
5. Carpenter, Louise (21 July 2012). “The baby business: India’s surrogacy clinics”. The Times Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
6. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4405-7517-4 Book Review: Fairy-Tale Success: A Guide to Entrepreneurial Magic: Create Your Own Cinderella Story”
7. Edwards, Irene (17 September 2014). “#Supermom Series: 10 Questions for Adrienne Arieff”. Lonny Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
8. Edwards, Irene (17 September 2014). “#Supermom Series: 10 Questions for Adrienne Arieff”. Lonny Magazine. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
9. News: Hayden . Sara . Surrogacy twins are Adrienne Arieff's tie to India . 4 January 2021 . SF Gate . 22 April 2012.
10. News: Hall . Carl . Leading San Francisco art appraiser . 4 January 2021 . SF Gate . 12 March 2004.
11. Kuschmider, Rebekah. [“Review and Giveaway: The Sacred Thread by Adrienne Arieff”]. Babble. Retrieved 15 December 2014. ^{[4] [5]}

    Arieff also co-wrote with Beverly West Fairy-Tale Success: A Guide to Entrepreneurial Magic which was released in October 2014.^{[6] [7]} The book is written as a manual for young women who want to run their own business.^[8] Arieff founded her business, Arieff Communications, a San Francisco-based public relations and marketing firm, in 2002.^[9]

    She is the sister of design writer Allison Arieff.^[10]

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