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