Jean Nelson Erichsen: 2 books
My Portable Life
Reluctant Runaway Finds Families for Thousands of Children
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009
Sacred Heart, Minnesota, 1934: Born in the Great Depression to a sadly mismatched couple, a child is moved from one small town to another in her familys quixotic search for affluence. She is neglected, abused, kept penniless in a middle-class family. She dreams of helping children find the stable...
Butterflies in the Wind
The Truth About Latin American Adoptions
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2004
The book chronicles not only the adoption of their three children abroad, but follows each of their children (including their biological son) into young adulthood. It vividly depicts their difficulties in raising teenagers in a cross-cultural, transracial home, and also exposes the frightening conditions...