Dorris, Michael.

The broken cord / Michael Dorris ; with a foreword by Louise Erdrich. - 1st HarperPerennial ed. - New York : HarperPerennial, 1990, c1989. - xx, 300 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally pub. in hbk.: Harper & Row, 1989.

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

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.

0060916826 (pbk.) 9780060916824 (pbk.)




Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders--Patients--Family relationships.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders--Patients--United States--Biography.
Gehandicapte kinderen.
Alcoholgebruik.
Zwangerschap.

RG 629 .F45 / D67 1990