Missing Mila, Finding Family - An International Adoption in the Shadow of the Salvadoran Civil War

Informationen zum Autor By Margaret E. Ward Klappentext While adding an engrossing new chapter to the story of the Salvadoran civil war and its long aftermath, Missing Mila, Finding Family deepens our understanding of the issues involved in international adoptions and the desire of birth families to find their disappeared sons and daughters. Zusammenfassung While adding an engrossing new chapter to the story of the Salvadoran civil war and its long aftermath, Missing Mila, Finding Family deepens our understanding of the issues involved in international adoptions and the desire of birth families to find their disappeared sons and daughters. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsPrologue. Dalila's Hammock: San Salvador, El Salvador, February 2005Part One. Our Story Chapter One. Adoption: Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May–June 1983Chapter Two. Rediscovery: Massachusetts, August–December 1997Chapter Three. Reunion: Heredia, Costa Rica, December 1997Part Two. Their Stories Chapter Four. Putting the Pieces Together, 1952–1992Interlude. Mi flor favorita/My Favorite FlowerChapter Five. Imagining Mila: New Hampshire, Summer 2007Interlude. La Guerra verdadera/The True WarChapter Six. The Disappeared Children of El SalvadorInterlude. Perfect WorldEpilogue. One StoryAppendix I. Abbreviations and AcronymsAppendix II. Family NamesNotesReferences and Suggested Reading

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• Authors: Margaret E. Ward
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2011
• EAN: 9780292729087
• ISBN: 978-0-292-72908-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series; Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series; Louann Atkins Temple Women & C
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies