The Broken Cord
#557 of 3,809 books · #250 in Biography & Memoir
Won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1989).
Michael Dorris' story of his adopted son Adam, born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), explores the enormous scope of the disease and parallels one father's endless battle to overcome the problem.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Reference USA
- ISBN-13
- 9780816150182
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1989)
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