An Adopted Child, a Mysterious Inheritance and a Cryptic Warning

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 4, 2016

When a New Jersey couple notices their eight-year-old adopted son is beginning to act strangely - eating grass, living with animals in the woods - they embark on a life-changing journey to Montana to search for their son's origins and decode a cryptic message. Belarusian-born author Boris Fishman joins us to discuss his new novel, Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo. 

Event:  Boris Fishman will be in conversation with A.M. Holmes on March 9th at the Barnes & Noble (Upper West Side, Broadway and 82nd) at 7 p.m. He will be doing a signing on March 10th at Bookcourt (163 Court St., Brooklyn) at 7 p.m., and on March 29th at the Museum at Eldridge Street (12 Eldridge St) at 7 p.m. 

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