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The Broken Cord: a Family's Ongoing Struggle With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

The Broken Cord: a Family's Ongoing Struggle With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Michael Dorris
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When Michael Dorris, 26, single, working on his doctorate, and part Indian himself, applied to adopt an Indian child, his request was speedily granted. He knew that his new three-year-old son, Adam, was badly developmentally disabled; but he believed in the power of nurture and love. This is the heartrending story, full of compassion and rage, of how his son grew up mentally retarded, a victim of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome whom no amount of love could make whole. The volume includes a short account of his own life by the 20-year-old Adam, and a foreword by Dorris' wife, the writer Louise Erdrich. The Broken Cord won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1989.
Pages
300
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
GK Hall and Co.
Release
January 01, 1990
ISBN
000215739X
ISBN 13
9780002157391

The Broken Cord: a Family's Ongoing Struggle With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Michael Dorris
4/5 ( ratings)
When Michael Dorris, 26, single, working on his doctorate, and part Indian himself, applied to adopt an Indian child, his request was speedily granted. He knew that his new three-year-old son, Adam, was badly developmentally disabled; but he believed in the power of nurture and love. This is the heartrending story, full of compassion and rage, of how his son grew up mentally retarded, a victim of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome whom no amount of love could make whole. The volume includes a short account of his own life by the 20-year-old Adam, and a foreword by Dorris' wife, the writer Louise Erdrich. The Broken Cord won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1989.
Pages
300
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
GK Hall and Co.
Release
January 01, 1990
ISBN
000215739X
ISBN 13
9780002157391

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