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David Marin Book Chat at Capitola Book Cafe
DAVID MARIN
Thursday, October 27 at 7:30pm
This Is US: The New All American Family (Exterminating Angel Press)
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When David Marin fell in love with three abandoned children desperately in need of a home, there was only one thing he could do: give up his relatively carefree life and learn how to become a parent.
In the process, he found the future he had always wanted, but he also learned some hard lessons about single-parent adoption, the senseless, complex side of Social Services, and America's anti-immigrant sentiment. Marin's quest to create a better life for these children and for himself is both heartbreaking and inspiring.
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A wise, passionate—and occasionally (and justifiably) enraging—story, This is US is a September 2011 Indie Next pick among booksellers across the U. S.