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Patty's journey : from orphanage to adoption and reunion / Donna Scott Norling ; afterword by Priscilla Ferguson Clement.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Norling, Donna Scott.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Orphans--Minnesota--Biography.
Orphans.
Norling, Donna Scott.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (210 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c1996.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This inspirational story of one girl's search for a home is an engaging first-person narrative of life during the Great Depression and World War II. Readers and critics alike offer lavish praise for Norling's graceful prose and the redemptive tale she shares.
Contents:
Contents; Preface; 1 A Taste of Home; 2 Owatonna State Public School; 3 Foster Family; 4 Foster Group Home; 5 Back to Owatonna; 6 Adoption; 7 Becoming Donna; 8 A New Family Tree; 9 Winds of Change; 10 Branching Out; 11 Rain and Roses; 12 Myths and Realities; 13 Milestones; 14 A Time to Weep; 15 Remembrance; Acknowledgments; Afterword
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
ISBN:
0-8166-8770-6
OCLC:
476094183

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