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Author LaGrow, Cathy.

Title The waiting : the true story of a lost child, a lifetime of longing, and a miracle for a mother who never gave up / Cathy LaGrow with Cindy Coloma.

Publication Info. [Carol Stream, Illinois] : Tyndale Momentum, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  B DISBROW    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG LAGROW, CATHY    Check Shelf
Description viii, 323 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Summary "In 1928, 16-year-old Minka was on a picnic in the woods when she was assaulted and raped [and became pregnant]. The baby was secretly born, named Betty Jane, and given up for adoption. For decades, Minka wrote letters trying to get news of her daughter; she kept loving and praying for her, even though she never dared believe they would meet again. Until nearly eighty years later, when Minka whispered [a] secret, impossible prayer for the first time ... Unbeknownst to Minka, that very same day, a judge was releasing the sealed adoption records to her 77-year-old daughter. And soon, Minka's phone would ring"--Amazon.com.
Subject Disbrow, Minka, 1911-
Lee, Ruth, 1929-
Christian biography.
Adoption -- Religious aspects -- Lutheran Church.
ISBN 9781414391908 (hbk.)
1414391900 (hbk.)
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