To the end of June : the intimate life of American foster care / Cris Beam.

Author/creator Beam, Cris
Format Book
PublicationBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Descriptionxvii, 313 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface -- Author's note -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013001331
ISBN9780151014125
ISBN0151014124
Standard identifier# 40022648503

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HV881 .B4193 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold