Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk a Caseworker's Story by Parent, Marc

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

Why does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother's...
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Author: Marc Parent
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Language: English
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Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk a Caseworker's Story by Parent, Marc

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

Dhs. 111.92

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

Dhs. 111.92
Author: Marc Parent
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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

Author: Marc Parent
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 01/27/1998
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780449912355

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.

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