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Olin Dodson
Books
Melissa's Gift
by Olin Dodson
Price:
$9.95 USD.
Words: 143,860.
Language:
English.
Published: April 13, 2012
by
Bay Tree Publishing/Ardenwood Books.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
A poignant, personal memoir, Melissa’s Gift recounts how a deeply solitary man discovers he has fathered a daughter while traveling years before in Central America. She evokes a capacity to love in him he has never known, even while she slowly wastes from the dreadful disease of cystic fibrosis.Written with beauty and power, Melissa’s Gift is an unforgettable story and a deeply moving read.