"...examples of frankness and courage like Mrs Kupfer's can only assist in the effort to bring better care
to families and children alike."
--Eunice Kennedy Shriver
"...a heartrending account of courage and love."
--PW
From the Publisher Catalog, April, 2001
Summary
Zachariah is so beautiful that it takes your breath away--golden curls, enormous blue eyes, chubby baby cheeks.
He is also brain-damaged. This story is not about the disguised blessings that "special" children bring
to their families or about how tragedies strengthen family relationships. It is a gripping, realistic look at how
the birth of Zachariah wreaked havoc on the formerly contented lives of this parents and sister. This is a story
of tremendous courage as the Kupfers decide to have Zach cared for in a residential facility. Here we learn that
there are alternatives and that they, too, are honorable.
