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Foundling : The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me by Paul Joseph Fronczak (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoward Books
ISBN-101501142321
ISBN-139781501142321
eBay Product ID (ePID)237823113
Product Key Features
Book TitleFoundling : the True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicActivities, Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenreFamily & Relationships, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorPaul Joseph Fronczak
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight13.2 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-024831
ReviewsPage-turning... will likely appeal to a large swath of readers, from true-crime fans to amateur genealogists., A riveting, intriguing, and inspiring tale...For readers who love deep, personal stories of lost and found love and the sometimes strange vagaries of life, this is a book to savor.
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal364.15/4092 B
SynopsisThis is the inspiring and "page-turning" (Booklist) true story of a man who discovered that he had been kidnapped as a baby--and how his quest to find out who he really is upturned the genealogy industry, his own family, and set in motion the second longest cold case in US history.In 1964, a woman pretending to be a nurse kidnapped an infant boy named Paul Fronczak from a Chicago hospital. Two years later, police found a boy abandoned outside a variety store in New Jersey. The FBI tracked down Dora Fronczak, the kidnapped infant's mother, and she identified the abandoned boy as her son. The family spent the next fifty years believing they were whole again--but Paul was always unsure about his true identity. Then, four years ago--spurred on by the birth of his first child, Emma Faith--Paul took a DNA test. The test revealed that he was definitely not Paul Fronczak. From that moment on, Paul has been on a tireless mission to find the man whose life he's been living--and to discover who abandoned him, and why. Poignant and inspiring, The Foundling is a story about a child lost and a faith found, about the permanence of families and the bloodlines that define you, and about the emotional toll of both losing your identity and rediscovering who you truly are., This is the inspiring and "page-turning" ( Booklist ) true story of Paul Fronczak, a man who recently discovered that he had been kidnapped as a baby--and how his quest to find out who he really is upturned the genealogy industry, his own family, and set in motion the second longest cold-case in US history. In 1964, a woman pretending to be a nurse kidnapped an infant boy named Paul Fronczak from a Chicago hospital. Two years later, police found a boy abandoned outside a variety store in New Jersey. The FBI tracked down Dora Fronczak, the kidnapped infant's mother, and she identified the abandoned boy as her son. The family spent the next fifty years believing they were whole again--but Paul was always unsure about his true identity. Then, four years ago--spurred on by the birth of his first child, Emma Faith--Paul took a DNA test. The test revealed that he was definitely not Paul Fronczak. From that moment on, Paul has been on a tireless mission to find the man whose life he's been living--and to discover who abandoned him, and why. Poignant and inspiring, The Foundling is a story about a child lost and a faith found, about the permanence of families and the bloodlines that define you, and about the emotional toll of both losing your identity and rediscovering who you truly are., This is the inspiring and "page-turning" ( Booklist ) true story of a man who discovered that he had been kidnapped as a baby--and how his quest to find out who he really is upturned the genealogy industry, his own family, and set in motion the second longest cold case in US history. In 1964, a woman pretending to be a nurse kidnapped an infant boy named Paul Fronczak from a Chicago hospital. Two years later, police found a boy abandoned outside a variety store in New Jersey. The FBI tracked down Dora Fronczak, the kidnapped infant's mother, and she identified the abandoned boy as her son. The family spent the next fifty years believing they were whole again--but Paul was always unsure about his true identity. Then, four years ago--spurred on by the birth of his first child, Emma Faith--Paul took a DNA test. The test revealed that he was definitely not Paul Fronczak. From that moment on, Paul has been on a tireless mission to find the man whose life he's been living--and to discover who abandoned him, and why. Poignant and inspiring, The Foundling is a story about a child lost and a faith found, about the permanence of families and the bloodlines that define you, and about the emotional toll of both losing your identity and rediscovering who you truly are.
LC Classification NumberHV6598.F765 2016
As told toTresniowski, Alex
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- 08 Feb, 2022
Super Book
This book is sad and awesome all at the same time. Very sad that this happened to him and to the Mr. & Mrs. Fronczak. The feelings of not belonging and the guts it takes to search to find out where you do belong. This book make you go on this journey with Paul. I got the book and I am already on chapter 11, it makes you not want to put it down.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Aug, 2022
Love the book!!!
I love the book but was surprised and disappointed when after paying over $7 for it, it arrived with a $1.99 sticker on the spine! Somebody got a good deal but it wasn’t me! Had the sticker not been there I wouldn’t have minded as much because the book is really good!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 May, 2025
Finding your Family
I love true stories. This book kept me in suspense until the end.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Oct, 2021
Compelling, true story
Great story and 100% true. Lots of twists and turns.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
