description: 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.
title: Erzähl' ihm nicht von den Bergen : Indianerkinder ohne Hoffnung?
titlecomplete: Erzähl' ihm nicht von den Bergen : Indianerkinder ohne Hoffnung?
genres: Memoir, Biography, Parenting, Psychology, Mental Health, Biography Memoir, Autobiography, Medicine, Nonfiction, Adoption
ratings_count: 1496
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Washington State Book Award