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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.
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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.
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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.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0060919809
- ISBN 13 9780060919801
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
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New York, Harper Perennial Trade Paperback 1990, 1990
ISBN 10: 0060919809
ISBN 13: 9780060919801
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Soft cover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. 9th Printing VG+ in white illustrative wraps with green & red lettering. Memoir of Native American father's 18-year ordeal with living with fetal alcohol syndrome & its consequences. SIGNED by the Author on title page. Memoir, Native American Studies, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Signed. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 005652
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