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| Nira Harel |
One Too Many |
| Children |
Tel Aviv, Am Oved, 1993. 83 pp.
Ages 13-15
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Merav, a girl from an average Israeli family with three children, tells the story of her family`s adoption of Ronnie, an abandoned baby girl with Down`s Syndrome. When Mother decides to bring home a Down`s Syndrome baby, a wave of hostile reactions surges through the family. Merav hates the idea, but can`t stop wondering: "If I`d been born retarded, would they have taken me home or not?" Eventually, Merav learns to accept the change and Ronnie becomes a member of the family. "I used to think," Merav muses, "that if parents have a problem child they love it less. But in our family it`s the other way round. Ronnie is the center of the household."
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