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This is the true story of three babies with AIDS and the small lay Catholic community that opened its farm home to care for them. It is an intensely moving story of the pain of fighting indifferent bureaucrats so that the babies will not be warehoused in hospitals; a courageous story in which the initial hysteria and hostility of rural neighbors are transformed into acts of kindness and charity; a sad story of one baby who dies the day after cutting his first tooth. Above all, it is a story of hope, as the bonds of love gradually erase the frightening solitude of each baby's past, and good people rally 'round to guarantee the ultimate right of any child: not to die among strangers.
But this is not a book about dying, it is a saga of living -- the chronicle of a year in which these special children respond to the excitement of each new season, as they bask in love and the gentle California sunshine, cutting a first tooth, taking a first step, and reminding us, the readers, what life is all about -- the small miracles of the average day.
Unlike so much in the AIDS epidemic, this is a gentle and quiet story, a rare patch of calm and wisdom in the midst of hysteria and grief. Morning-Glory Babies is an incredibly moving story, a story of true heroism of the spirit, a story that will make you proud to be a human being.
But this is not a book about dying, it is a saga of living -- the chronicle of a year in which these special children respond to the excitement of each new season, as they bask in love and the gentle California sunshine, cutting a first tooth, taking a first step, and reminding us, the readers, what life is all about -- the small miracles of the average day.
Unlike so much in the AIDS epidemic, this is a gentle and quiet story, a rare patch of calm and wisdom in the midst of hysteria and grief. Morning-Glory Babies is an incredibly moving story, a story of true heroism of the spirit, a story that will make you proud to be a human being.
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A founder of the Starcross Community, a lay Catholic group known for adopting babies born with AIDS, follows the stories of three of these children over one year. "This is a joyously reflective narrative of 'what happened when one small spiritual family was enriched with the presence of children infected with the AIDS virus,' " lauded PW. Photos.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherFireside
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0671700669
- ISBN 13 9780671700669
- BindingUnknown Binding
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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Morning Glory Babies : A Community Effort to Care for Children with AIDS
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Book Description Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Edition. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition. The true story of babies iwth AIDS and the lay Catholic community that opened its farm home to care for them, explaining their needs, special techniques used, much more. Wraps, 165pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 00009710
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