num_pages: 300
description: A skilled writer and expert on Native Americans tells the deeply moving story of his adopted son Abel, who suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
language: English
title: The Broken Cord
titlecomplete: The Broken Cord
genres: Autobiography, Mental Health, Psychology, Biography Memoir, Biography, Medicine, Memoir, Nonfiction, Adoption, Parenting
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
publisher: HarperCollins