The Broken Cord
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.
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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060916824 (0060916826)
Publish date: January 1st 1900
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Food And Drink,
Book Club,
Parenting,
Medical,
Biography Memoir,
Psychology,
Adoption,
Alcohol
I'm pretty sure I read an ARC for review. Dorris wrote movingly of his adopted sons, although he focused rather obsessively on the harm he blamed on fetal alcohol syndrome. Since publishing, I believe the role of FAS has been severely downgraded.
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