Rough beginnings to sweet success

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	• Orphans' Nine Commandments William Roger Holman Texas Christian University Press, 2007 - 238 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Telling with Grace and Honesty

"The Orphans' Nine Commandments" by William Holman reflects a spirit so strong and knowing that everyone reading it will be inspired by the grace and honesty shared. Not only those outside of the adoption circle but everyone who was ever a child will respond to the quality of this book. Compassion is one of the most human abilities. May this wonderful book plant seeds of compassion in all who read it.
Touched by Adoption

Share Roger Bechan's odyssey

The Orphans' Nine Commandments is a wonderful book. My daughter took a
copy to her son's sophomore English teacher asking her to share Roger
Bechan's odyssey with her students. She thinks it would encourage kids
who have a rough start . . . to persevere . . . and become successful.
Perhaps then other English teachers in the U.S., and perhaps the world,
will put it on their recommended reading list. That is how important
I think this book will become.
Mrs. Elaine Blackstock. Clearwater, Fla

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Rough beginnings to sweet success

Taken by his mother when he was six years old to an orphanage and dropped off without warning never to see or hear from her again, William Holman brings the 1930's depression era in Oklahoma to vivid life. His descriptions of the hard times as well as the simple pleasures of growing up in that time and place without a family that he longs for are poignant, spirited and funny. The situations and characters who influence his life through the years will infuriate as well as warm your heart. Despite his rough beginnings the boy succeeds in life eventually becoming the director of the San Francisco Libraries. He marries a wonderful woman and creates a family of two sons. While he never sees his mother again, he does discover who his father was and meets his half siblings. Holman's story has a fine ending but its his journey that makes it so good.

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Can't put it down!

An outstanding glimpse into a life that should have been much different considering its beginnings. This book will make you laugh, make you cry, and cause you to thank your lucky stars. Hard to put down until reaching that last page.

Persevere

Orphans' Nine Commandments
"Through three orphanages and many foster homes, through tears and humor, the author is a survivor. His story is interesting historically as well as personally and shows the resilience of the human spirit.
This moving memoir will hold teen's attention...." School Library Journal. December 1, 2007.
Ellen Bell, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA.

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