Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. IN THE BEGINNING; 2. BLIND ALLEYS; 3. AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN; 4. LIKE TOPSY, WE GROW; 5. SNOW COUNTRY; 6. TARO; 7. THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE; 8. ALL THE WRONG SIZES; 9. FARMERS IN THE DELL; 10. GROWING PAINS; 11. THE SKY LARK; 12. ALL GOD'S CHILDREN; 13. LITTLE BEAVER AND THE WAR ORPHAN; 14. SO THIS IS LIFE!; 15. MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS; 16. THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN; 17. DADDY SENDS MOTHER TO COLLEGE; 18. THE FULL QUIVER; Epilogue
Summary
The remarkable and inspiring true story of a couple who adopted twelve children, ten of them considered ""unadoptable"" because of mixed racial parentage
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Includes bibliographical references
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Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1954