Take My Children

Advance Praise for Take My ChildrenTake My Children is a story of love that bridges two continents. It is astory of human compassion. It is a story of the courage of parents, who,out of love, ask others to adopt their children and of the parents whosay they ll take them. It is also the story of a battle to eradicate age-old prejudices, fears andsuperstitions a battle that one woman carried through the halls ofCongress to move a nation to open its arms to eight children no othercountry wanted. These innocent, healthy children hadn t lived long enoughto become anyone s political enemies. The enemy was ignorance, thechildren its victims. It all began with a visit from Father Alexander Lee, a priest who servedas administrator of a leprosy colony at St. Lazarus Village in Korea. Hecarried a plea from five of his patients: Take our children and help themto have a better life. This is a story of love, compassion, determination, and courage. It is abook that is real; because that s the way it happened. Marvin Scott, Senior Correspondent, WPIX-TV News, New York