The Broken Cord - Softcover

Dorris, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060916826 ISBN 13: 9780060916824

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 1990

Synopsis

The controversial national bestseller that received unprecedented media attention, sparked the nation's interest in the plight of children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and touched a nerve in all of us. Winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award.

About this title

Review:

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.

About the Author:

Michael Dorris is the author of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, The Broken Cord, Working Men, Morning Girl, and Guests, and co-author with Louise Erdrich of The Crown of Columbus.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0060916826
• ISBN 13: 9780060916824
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320