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ORPHANS OF THE LIVING : STORIES OF AMERICAS CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE| Media: | Paperback | | Author: | Jennifer Toth | | Publisher: | Free Press | | Release date: | 02 July, 1998 | | Our price: | $13.00 |
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Compelling stories |
| The life stories of the children profiled in this book are fascinating, and their experiences in the system are eye-openers (to me, at least). I was frustrated with the writing, however. The author sometimes rapidly skips back and forth to examine events at different times, causing the sequence of the stories to be confusing and some facts to seem inconsistent. Also, the author depicts herself in some of the children's stories but not others, so that as a reader I found myself wondering where she had gotten all this information. Overall, it is a good book that probably could have been a great book had it been better edited. |
| ORPHANS OF THE LIVING : STORIES OF AMERICAS CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE - Jennifer Toth |
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Tug At Your Heart |
| This is a wonderful book. Heart wrenching but the truth as it is. she bring life to something people would rather ignore. Children who were swept under a rug are given a voice by Jennifer Thoth. I love this book. |
| Jennifer Toth - ORPHANS OF THE LIVING : STORIES OF AMERICAS CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE |
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Interesting & thought provoking book |
| This book depicts the lives of older children in the foster care system in America. It is a gritty, real, and very compelling book! The chararcters are really well developed and you get the story of not only the foster child himself but their parents, grandparents, sisters, and brothers life stories as well. It really gets you thinking about how these kids ended up this way.....the hopelessness, the helplessness, the isolation these kids feel who don't belong anywhere and it seems nobody wants them. It was depressing but VERY interesting. I'd love to read a follow up book to see how they're all doing 5 or 10 years from now. |
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