Looking for Lost Bird
A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots
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.
ISBN/UPC:
9780380795536
Product:
Book, Paperback
Title:
Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots
Contributors
- Author: Yvette Melanson, Claire Safran
Publisher:
Harper Perennial, 2000
Pages:
240
Languages:
English
Categories
Specification:
8.0 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches, 1 pounds
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