so-so3✨ Going into this book I knew I was going to be uncomfortable. Casey is a behaviorist at a children‘s school, so all the troubled kids come to her. When she meet Kiara and learns her history there are red flags that she is slipping through the system. While there are many kids in this class dealing with more real life than they should, Kiara has a worse case scenario that literally made my jaw drop at one point. Poor kid. #Roll100 February
so-soHonestly where to begin… this book broke my heart. And as a social work student, soon to be a working clinical social worker, it broke my heart in many different ways. It‘s saddening to read about another child abuse victim who could have been saved much quicker if social services had intervened sooner. It‘s even more disheartening to read about a foster parent profiting from the misfortunes of one of her children. 3.5⭐️
“No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.”
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Honestly, I have mixed emotions while reading this book. As a social work student I have found that this book brings up a lot of important points and issues about foster care and social services as well as brings up a lot of the emotional aspects of the job. With that being said I also found that there are some ethical concerns raised with this book. In a way, I feel that Glass is exploiting these children by writing about them.
pickWhat a sad story about a young boy who was severely abused by his biological mother. Dave Pelzer tells of the tragic ways his alcoholic mother tortured him. Foster care didn‘t improve his life situations much . Foster parents and their charges don‘t always work for as it should for the child. Often times it takes several homes before the Foster parents & children fit well. 4/5
pickBoth these books were 5 🌟 they were very different, but both made me cry. I now get the obsession with the Throne of Glass series!!! Lorcan and Elide ❤️
The book discusses Pelzer's struggling with his ability to fit in and adapt to the new environment around him as he is put into foster care. It also talks about the kindness of his foster parents and other people around him as well as his inability to brush his mother aside.
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This is such an amazing book! The first time I read it, I was like, omg this is the perfect book for me.
Winter 1970, Daly City, California—I‘m alone. I‘m hungry and I‘m shivering in the dark. I sit on top of my hands at the bottom of the stairs in the garage. My head is tilted backward.
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Great reading by talented Di Ciruolo at Copper Dog books last night! If you haven‘t read Di‘s powerful memoir of resilience & healing by a sexual abuse survivor & veteran of the foster care system, get yourself a copy. An important read. #memoir #survivor #fostercare #resilience
