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A Girl Named Maria: The Story of an Adoption

A Girl Named Maria: The Story of an Adoption

Kreutzer, Valerie S.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralPregnancy & Adoption

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 0595497055
ISBN13: 9780595497058
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: Dec 17 2008
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She was found abandoned in the lavatory of a cafeteria in Bogota, Colombia. The police who picked her up named her Maria Consuelo. From a stack of would-be parents, Colombia's welfare agency chose Valerie Kreutzer's application, and the toddler quickly bonded with her new mom in Washington, DC. At school Maria struggled with severe learning disabilities despite a superior I.Q., but also blossomed into an award-winning young artist. Her impulsive behavior led to fits and false starts during adolescence, until she found happiness at twenty-one with David and his extended family. Their love and lives ended in the curve of a rural road in Florida.

A Girl Named Maria chronicles an adopted daughter's struggle with identity and her yearning for a birth family that may have included a twin brother.

Maria's legacy lives on in this poignant personal story of one mother's unconditional love for her adopted daughter.

I loved this book! This story, although carrying the deep sorrow of a daughter's death, will give parents of transnational adoptions a guideline for their own experience. This book is a much needed addition to the adoption literature.

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