Joy Adamson Joy Adamson Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (née Gessner, 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, "Born Free", describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. "Born Free" was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. Adamson was born to Victor and Traute Gessner in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary (now Opava, Czech Republic), the second of three daughters. Her parents divorced when she was 10, and she went to live with
The Joy of Pregnancy include question and answer sections, questions from Tori's readers, as well as information for dads in the "Dad's Corner." "The Joy of Pregnancy" received The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval in 2008, as well as a Gold recipient of the 2009 Mom's Choice Awards in the Pregnancy & Childbirth category. The book was also designated as a "Best Consumer Health 2008" title by Library Journal. The Joy of Pregnancy The Joy of Pregnancy is an award-winning guide to pregnancy and childbirth, written by Tori Kropp and published by The Harvard Common Press in April 2008. "The Joy of Pregnancy"