The broken cord
By: Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich
Edition: 1st HarperPerennial ed.
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780060916824
Subjects: Fetal alcohol syndrome; Gehandicapte kinderen; Patients; Zwangerschap; Alcoholgebruik; Family relationships; Personal Narratives; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Biography; Protected DAISY; Accessible book
Description: Author Michael Dorris explains how traditions of spirit and memory weave through the lives of many Native Americans and how alcoholism and despair have shattered so many lives. Also chronicles the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on their adopted son and on the Native American community as a whole.
Notes: Originally pub. in hbk.: Harper & Row, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-300).