Martian Child
Doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you find where you belong!
A tender, whimsical story about a grieving widower and an imaginative, traumatized child finding belonging and healing through adoption and unconditional love.
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
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