The Family Nobody Wanted
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"This unique adventure tells how a young couple changed the course of their life from empty frustration to loving fulfillment. . . [Doss] tells her story with the friendly simplicity of a woman talking over a back fence." -- New York Times Book Review
Book Description
Doss's charming, touching, and at times hilarious chronicle tells how each of the children, representing white, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Mexican, and Native American backgrounds, came to her and husband Carl, a Methodist minister. She writes of the way the "unwanted" feeling was erased with devoted love and understanding and how the children united into one happy family. Her account reads like a novel, with scenes of hard times and triumphs described in vivid prose.
The Family Nobody Wanted, which inspired two films, opened doors for other adoptive families and was a popular favorite among parents, young adults, and children for more than thirty years. Now this edition will introduce the classic to a new generation of readers. An epilogue by Helen Doss that updates the family's progress since 1954 will delight the book's loyal legion of fans around the world.
The Family Nobody Wanted
The Family Nobody Wanted,Helen Grigsby Doss,Northeastern University Press,155553502X,Adoption,Biography & Autobiography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,California,Doss, Carl,Doss, Helen Grigsby,Family,Historical - General,Interracial adoption,Personal Memoirs,Sociology - Marriage & Family,Biography: general,Child welfare,Family & relationships
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