Things I Want Most The Extraordinary Story of a Boy's Journey to a Family of His Own

Name: Things I Want Most The Extraordinary Story of a Boy's Journey to a Family of His Own
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ISBN: 9780553379761

ISBN-10: 0553379763

ISBN-13: 9780553379761

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Richard Miniter

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The remarkable story of a couple who risked everything to open their home--and their hearts--to answer an abandoned child's wish. It was a small note buried in the file of a deeply troubled eleven-year-old boy--a plea for a normal life Rich and Sue Miniter couldn't ignore: The Things I Want MOST: A family A fishing pole A familyThe Miniters heard in that simple note the voice of a frightened child who wanted what all children want and need: someone to love who would love them in return. So they brought Mike home to the cozy country inn they'd restored and managed in rural upstate New York. There, over the next year, they would try to make Mike's dream come true. But first they would have…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836

Formerly editor of the weekly "Business Europe" column at The Wall Street Journal Europe, Richard Miniter is currently a freelance writer for the London Sunday Times. He resides in Brussels, Belgium



Preface



A family, a fishing pole, a family



Are you taking petey?



Visiting home



The honeymoon



I'm a baptist



Trooping the autumn colors



I don't do work



I can help



The initiation



The test



Snow and conflict



I never went to a real school



Broken glass, broken-paw, medicine man



Truth, goals, and an anniversary


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


About the Author