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An outstanding read... hard not to read in one sitting, reaches out and pulls you in... regarding fetal alcohol syndrome...
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Wonderful touching story about a man and his Native American son who has fetal alcohol syndrome. National Book Critics Circle Award Winner.
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As an adoptive parent of a child (now young adult) born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, I highly recommend this book -- for pregnant mothers, teachers, professionals of all kinds who work with children or teens, and well, just about anyone. Very powerful, and true.
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Really opens your eyes to the effect that alcohol can have on your life and what it does to our children and their health.
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This book should be required reading for everyone who cares about reducing poverty or helping children.
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One of the few books written from the perspective of an adoptive single parent on the issue of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. I'm only 1/2 way thru now but the story is very wordy and can really drag at times. I'm finding it hard to stay focused with the story when the author goes off in MAJOR length about some side story that could have been summed up in a few short sentences. Hopefully it will pick up somewhere thru the middle! Overall if you plan on doing a special needs adoption this book will be of interest since FAS is extremely common out there!
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Written by the father of an adopted child with fetal alcohol syndrome.
A powerful book about alcohol fetal syndrome