Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots - Paperback

Name: Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots
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Availability:In StockContributor:Yvette Melanson, Claire SafranPublish date:2000-01-05Pages:240

Language:EnglishPublisher:William Morrow & CompanyISBN-13:9780380795536ISBN-10:380795531UPC:9780380795536Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Women, Adoption & FosteringBook Topic:IndigenousSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCHS8R0A8Y

In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died. In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died.

Language:EnglishPublisher:William Morrow & CompanyISBN-13:9780380795536ISBN-10:380795531UPC:9780380795536Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Women, Adoption & FosteringBook Topic:IndigenousSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCHS8R0A8Y

Safran, Claire: -

Claire Safran is an award-winning journalist and contributor to major magazines. She is the author of Secret Exodus, a former editor of Redbook and Coronet, and a past president of The American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Melanson, Yvette: -

Yvette Melanson was a stolen child who found her origins through the Internet. In her years as a Lost Bird, she served in both the Israeli army and the U.S. Navy. She has now begun a new life on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.

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Yvette Melanson, Claire Safran

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Yvette Melanson, Claire Safran

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In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died. In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died.

Safran, Claire: -

Claire Safran is an award-winning journalist and contributor to major magazines. She is the author of Secret Exodus, a former editor of Redbook and Coronet, and a past president of The American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Melanson, Yvette: -

Yvette Melanson was a stolen child who found her origins through the Internet. In her years as a Lost Bird, she served in both the Israeli army and the U.S. Navy. She has now begun a new life on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.

Publisher: William Morrow & Company

Contributor(s)

Yvette Melanson, Claire Safran

Author

Yvette Melanson, Claire Safran

Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots - Paperback

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