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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 242 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fueled by urgency and the emotional intensity of Brooks?s own story, Small Animals is a riveting examination of the ways our culture of competitive, anxious, and judgmental parenting has profoundly altered the experiences of parents and children. In her signature style?by turns funny, penetrating, and always illuminating?which has dazzled millions of fans and been called "striking" by New York Times Book Review and "beautiful" by the National Book...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
231 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"By official count, more than one out of every six American children live beneath the poverty line. But statistics alone tell little of the story. In Invisible Americans, Jeff Madrick brings to light the often invisible reality and irreparable damage of child poverty in America. Keeping his focus on the children, he examines the roots of the problem, including the toothless remnants of our social welfare system, entrenched racism, and a government...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant, funny, generation-defining memoir about the double bind of crafting perfect adversity narratives for highly selective institutions, while fumbling through the far murkier reality of actual life in foster care and inpatient mental health treatment As a child, Emi Nietfeld was caught between a hoarder mother who got her put on antipsychotic medication, but was also the only person to believe she was exceptional, and a state system exemplified...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An NPR education reporter shows how the last true social safety net-- the public school system--was decimated by the pandemic, and how years of short-sighted political decisions have failed to put our children first. School has long meant much more than an education in America. 30 million children depend on free school meals. Schools are, statistically, the safest physical places for children to be. They are the best chance many children have at...
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 283 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue book, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system. It is a groundbreaking and eye-opening confrontation of the inherent and systemic racism deeply entrenched within the child welfare system. Pryce started her social work career with an internship where...
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