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If Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »

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Wasted :the plight of America's unwanted children

by Patrick T Murphy

ISBN13: 9781566631631
ISBN10: 1566631637
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The public guardian of Cook County, Illinois, charges that the child welfare bureaucracy, designed to help children, is instead helping to destroy them. Murphy explains the facts and failures of the child welfare system--and offers solutions--better than any expert I've ever read on the subject....A first-rate read--poignant and instructive. --Edward I. Koch

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The public guardian of Cook County, Illinois, charges that the child welfare bureaucracy, designed to help children, is instead helping to destroy them. RMurphy explains the facts and failures of the child welfare systemQand offers solutionsQbetter than any expert I've ever read on the subject....A first-rate readQpoignant and instructive.SQEdward I. Koch.
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ISBN:
9781566631631
Subtitle:
The Plight of America's Unwanted Children
Author:
Murphy, Patrick T
Author:
Murphy, Patrick T.
Publisher:
Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Location:
Chicago, Ill. :
Subject:
Child welfare
Subject:
Child Care
Subject:
Social Services & Welfare
Subject:
Abused children
Subject:
Poor children
Subject:
Poor children -- United States.
Subject:
Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare
Subject:
Parenting - Child Rearing
Subject:
Child welfare -- United States.
Series Volume:
vol. v, 1897
Publication Date:
July 1997
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.49x5.92x.78 in. .82 lbs.
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