Adrienne Arieff

{{Short description|American businessman and writer}}

Adrienne Arieff is an entrepreneur and author of several books, including the controversial book The Sacred Thread.[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/adrienne-arieff/sacred-thread/ ”The Sacred Thread by Adrienne Arieff”]. Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014. 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.Grinberg, Emanuella (29 March 2012).[http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/living/sacred-thread-foreign-surrogacy/ “The highs and lows of foreign surrogacy”]. CNN. Retrieved 15 December 2014.[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”]. Publishers Weekly. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2014 Arieff's positive treatment of surrogacy prompted debate over the ethical and legal status of paying poor women to serve as surrogate mothers.Kuschmider, Rebekah. [http://www.babble.com/pregnancy/review-and-giveaway-the-sacred-thread-by-adrienne-arieff/ [“Review and Giveaway: The Sacred Thread by Adrienne Arieff”]. Babble. Retrieved 15 December 2014. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702224327/http://www.babble.com/pregnancy/review-and-giveaway-the-sacred-thread-by-adrienne-arieff/ |date=2015-07-02 }}Rajapaksa, Roshini (25 May 2012). [http://www.myfoxny.com/story/17962652/outsourcing-pregnancy-to-india “Surrogates in India for American women”] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502013604/http://www.myfoxny.com/story/17962652/outsourcing-pregnancy-to-india |date=May 2, 2014 }}. FOX 5 NY. Retrieved 14 December 2014.Carpenter, Louise (21 July 2012). [https://www.thetimes.com/best-law-firms/profile-legal/article/the-baby-business-indias-surrogacy-clinics-rqbg02g3nxb “The baby business: India’s surrogacy clinics”]. The Times Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

Arieff also co-wrote with Beverly West Fairy-Tale Success: A Guide to Entrepreneurial Magic which was released in October 2014.[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4405-7517-4 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). [http://www.lonny.com/Family+Living+2014/articles/1mUPyl8LIu9/Supermom+Series+10+Questions+Adrienne+Arieff “#Supermom Series: 10 Questions for Adrienne Arieff”]. Lonny Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2014. The book is written as a manual for young women who want to run their own business.Edwards, Irene (17 September 2014). [http://www.lonny.com/Family+Living+2014/articles/1mUPyl8LIu9/Supermom+Series+10+Questions+Adrienne+Arieff “#Supermom Series: 10 Questions for Adrienne Arieff”]. Lonny Magazine. Retrieved 14 December 2014. Arieff founded her business, Arieff Communications, a San Francisco-based public relations and marketing firm, in 2002.{{cite news |last1=Hayden |first1=Sara |title=Surrogacy twins are Adrienne Arieff's tie to India |url=https://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Surrogacy-twins-are-Adrienne-Arieff-s-tie-to-India-3495735.php |access-date=4 January 2021 |work=SF Gate |date=22 April 2012}}

She is the sister of design writer Allison Arieff.{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Carl |title=Leading San Francisco art appraiser |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Leading-San-Francisco-art-appraiser-2782636.php |access-date=4 January 2021 |work=SF Gate |date=12 March 2004}}