Melissa Fay Greene

Melissa Fay Greene
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Melissa Fay Greene is the author of Praying for Sheetrock, The Temple Bombing, Last Man Out, and There Is No Me Without You. Two of her books have been finalists for the National Book Award, and New York University’s journalism department named Praying for Sheetrock one of the top one hundred works of journalism in the twentieth century. She has written for The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Good Housekeeping, Newsweek, Life, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, and Salon, among others. She and her husband, Don Samuel, have nine children and live in Atlanta.


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Nine Kids, Three Continents, Two Parents, One Family

Atlanta journalist Melissa Fay Greene discusses how she came to write "No Biking in the House Without a Helmet," the poignant and hilarious story of how she and her husband, already the parents of four bio children, adopt five more children from Bulgaria and Ethiopia.

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Ethiopian Adoption: An Informal & Unofficial Guide

1. WHAT ARE THE “WAITING” ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN LIKE WHO ARE IN NEED OF ADOPTION? They are like children everywhere. Those who have been loved and nurtured since birth –and cared for in decent orphanages–typically adjust very well to their new families. My husband and I have...

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No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet

Melissa Fay Greene
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When the two-time National Book Award finalist Melissa Fay Greene confided to friends that she and her husband planned to adopt a four-year-old boy from...


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