In a rocket made of ice
Subtitle: among the children of Wat Opot
By: by Gail Gutradt
Series: Thorndike Press large print biography; Thorndike Press large print biography series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 545
ISBN-13: 9781410473332
Subjects: Orphanages; Children of AIDS patients; HIV-positive children; Services for; Social conditions; Large type books; Orphans
Description: Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children's Community, begun with fifty dollars by Vietnam-era Marine Corps medic Wayne Matthysse. What was a haunted scrubland became a place of healing and respite for children with or orphaned by HIV/AIDS where they could live outside of fear or judgment and find a family. Here Gutradt gathers their disarming, funny, and deeply moving stories.