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Title: Another Place at the Table: A Story of Shattered Childhoods Redeemed by Love by Kathryn Harrison, Kathy Harrison ISBN: 1-58542-200-2 Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 14 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good description of the foster care system
Comment: This book is an excellent book on what the foster care system in this country is really like. It is written by someone who was been a foster parent and has seen the ins and outs first hand. She is very straightforward and honest about the foster care system and does not sugar-coat anything. She talks about the shortcomings of being a foster parent, such as the stigma attached to foster parents, the low pay, being on-call 24-7, kids getting sent back to abusive families, getting attached to a child, only to have to say goodbye, having to protect your family from the more dangerous foster kids, etc.
I really liked how she talked about the different foster kids and the descriptions of their backgrounds that brought them to foster care in the first place.
Some parts of the book were difficult to read because of some of the difficult and painful situations that some of the kids were in. But I would highly recommend this book to someone who is considering being a foster parent.
Rating: 4
Summary: Eye-opening
Comment: This book is well written and flows between factual information on forgotten kids and the foster care system and anectdotal information. A perfect way to get your point across and have it hit home. I am not in postion to be a foster parent but now I am more aware of what happens to neglect and abused children and hope I can be supportive in the future. Kathy Harrison and her husband should be held in awe.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good - and Tough
Comment: As an adoption worker/counselor, I work hard at learning studying about foster care and the issues that face "my" kids and parents. I'd heard good things about this book, and thought I'd give it a try. I had to stop halfway through. I spend all day dealing with the horrible things of foster care - the terrible abuse, the ridiculous beauracracy, the burnt-out workers, and Kathy did a fantastic job of capturing this world. So realistic a job I could hardly call it after-hours reading.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn and know more about foster care.
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Title: Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses: A Memoir by Paula McLain ISBN: 0316597422 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Orphans of the Living: Stories of America's Children in Foster Care by Jennifer Toth ISBN: 068484480X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Wasted: The Plight of America's Unwanted Children by Patrick T. Murphy ISBN: 1566633338 Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.90 |
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Title: Practical Tools for Foster Parents by Lana Temple-Plotz, Ted P. Stricklett, Michael Sterba ISBN: 1889322490 Publisher: Boys Town Press Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: We Adopted a Dusty Miller: One Family's Journey with an Attachment Disorder Child by Phyllis Bosley ISBN: 059513257X Publisher: Authors Choice Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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