Broken Cord

<p><strong>As passionate as it is fierce. Intensely personal and moving beyond belief <em>The Broken Cord</em>. . . . is a book so powerful it will not only break your heart; it will restore your faith. -- Alice Hoffman</strong></p><p><strong>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.</strong></p><p>When Michael Dorris 26 single and working on his doctorate applied to adopt 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 with challenges stemming from fetal alcohol syndrome and the sheer willpower and love it took to meet them. 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. <em>The Broken Cord</em> won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1989.</p>