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To the end of June : the intimate life of American foster care
Title:
To the end of June : the intimate life of American foster care
Author:
Beam, Cris.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Physical Description:
xvii, 313 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
An intimate, authoritative look at the foster care system that examines why it is failing the kids it is supposed to protect and what can be done to change it.
Language:
English
Contents:
Catch. King Solomon's baby ; Eye of the beholder ; Timing is anything ; Drugs in the system ; Catch as catch can -- Hold. Surge control ; Chutes and ladders and chutes ; Arrested in development ; Taking agency ; Homespun -- Release. Fantasy islands ; There's something about Mary ; Experiment ; Touching the elephant ; Last call.
ISBN:
9780151014125
Format :
Book