Read about the Marin family in the November, 2011 issue of Reader's Digest - worldwide.
17 million copies.
21 languages.

And coming soon, a delightful  Lori Stoll video about David and his children on the new Reader's Digest iPad app.


Radio interview with LaViva Dakers

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"The love is palpable; the prose throbs with life; 

the insights sparkle." Julia Alvarez


"This is US fills the world with the breath of hope." Jacquelyn Mitchard

"David Marin's quest...brings new meaning 
to the phrase "against all odds." Jessica O'Dwyer

"David Marin has written an important and moving book." Jeff Katz


"David Marin is wise, warm, funny, insightful, passionate, persistent, 
and occasionally (and justifiably) outraged." Richard Mahler

"If every man could understand the heart-warming and life-changing truths 
David Marin so personally reveals in This is US, 
America would be a stronger country." Dr. Meg Meeker

"Mr. Marin...is a fantastic writer." NY Journal of Books

"This is US is a celebration of difference." Julie Eakin, ForeWord

"...amazing and uplifting." Paper Adventures

In 2003, David Marin began a quest to adopt three abandoned 
Mexican-American siblings stuck in the Social Services system. 
This is US is their story.



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