Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk A Caseworker's Story

Author: Marc Parent

Color: Silver

Edition: 1st Ballantine Books Edition

Number Of Pages: 400

Details:

Why does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother's throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors to her death? Marc Parent, a city caseworker, searched the streets--and his heart--for the answers, and shares them in this powerful, vivid, beautifully written book. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR From the Inside Flap Why does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother's throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors to her death? Marc Parent, a city caseworker, searched the streets--and his heart--for the answers, and shares them in this powerful, vivid, beautifully written book. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR From the Back Cover Why does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother's throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors to her death? Marc Parent, a city caseworker, searched the streets--and his heart--for the answers, and shares them in this powerful, vivid, beautifully written book. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR

About the Author:

Marc Parent is the author of  Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk, a finalist for the  Los Angeles Times Book Prize as well as a New Visions nominee and a NEBA Honorary Selection, and  Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life. He has written for  The  New York Times and  USA Today, among other publications....

EAN: 9780449912355

Release Date: 27-01-1998

Languages: English

Item Note: Great shape- pages are unmarked and sharp.Has a remainder mark. Paperback Used - Very Good Ships fast! 19981st Ballantine Books ed

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: Paperback