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] [5] [6]
Arieff also co-wrote with Beverly West Fairy-Tale Success: A Guide to Entrepreneurial Magic which was released in October 2014. [7] [8] The book is written as a manual for young women who want to run their own business. [9] Arieff founded her business, Arieff Communications, a San Francisco-based public relations and marketing firm, in 2002. [10]
She is the sister of design writer Allison Arieff. [11]
References
- ^ ”The Sacred Thread by Adrienne Arieff”. Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Grinberg, Emanuella (29 March 2012). “The highs and lows of foreign surrogacy”. CNN. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ “Book Review: The Sacred Thread: A True Story of Becoming a Mother and Finding a Family- Half a World Away”. Publishers Weekly. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2014
- ^ Kuschmider, Rebekah. [“Review and Giveaway: The Sacred Thread by Adrienne Arieff”. Babble. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rajapaksa, Roshini (25 May 2012). “Surrogates in India for American women” Archived May 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. FOX 5 NY. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Carpenter, Louise (21 July 2012). “The baby business: India’s surrogacy clinics”. The Times Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Book Review: Fairy-Tale Success: A Guide to Entrepreneurial Magic: Create Your Own Cinderella Story”. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Edwards, Irene (17 September 2014). “#Supermom Series: 10 Questions for Adrienne Arieff”. Lonny Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ Edwards, Irene (17 September 2014). “#Supermom Series: 10 Questions for Adrienne Arieff”. Lonny Magazine. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Hayden, Sara (22 April 2012). "Surrogacy twins are Adrienne Arieff's tie to India". SF Gate. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ Hall, Carl (12 March 2004). "Leading San Francisco art appraiser". SF Gate. Retrieved 4 January 2021.