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- Broken Cord, The
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| # | Date | Publisher | Binding | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1989-00-00 | Harper and Row, Publishers |  |
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- Blurb:
- 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. cc