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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 / Cris Beam.
- Author
- Beam, Cris.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HV881 .B4193 2013 | Off-site |
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- 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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780151014125
- 0151014124
- LCCN
- 2013001331
- 40022574325
- OCLC
- ocn666239949
- 666239949
- SCSB-5702320
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries