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Foster Girl, A Memoir
AUTHOR | Todd, Georgette; Rinzler, Alan |
PUBLISHER | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform (05/09/2013) |
PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
Georgette Todd's mother was shot in the head when she was a small child. Her father was never in the picture, and with hardly any available or "appropriate" family members willing to care for Georgette and her baby sister, both girls had no choice but to enter foster care. And that's when life really spun out of control for the Todd sisters. In "Foster Girl, A Memoir," Georgette relives the most traumatic years of her life to give outsiders an inside, raw, and brutally honest look at what happens to homeless children in America when under the state's care. In this unforgettable debut, readers will learn how the foster care system works and discover what's going on internally when an abused child grows up in a series of stranger's homes and institutions. Edited by Toni Morrison's first book editor, "Foster Girl" is a poignant account of a spirited girl who, despite hating the life she was born into, hopes to survive long enough to create a whole new world for herself after growing up in foster care. "Some stories need to be heard, and Foster Girl is one of them-it's the honest, heartbreaking, insider's look at the foster care system we've been lacking. I wish Georgette hadn't had to write this book, but I'm awfully glad she did."-Janice Erlbaum, acclaimed author of Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.georgettetodd.com
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ISBN-13:
9781484975237
ISBN-10:
1484975235
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
368
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
6.00 x 0.82 x 9.00 inches
Weight:
1.19 pound(s)
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
Dewey Decimal:
B
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Georgette Todd's mother was shot in the head when she was a small child. Her father was never in the picture, and with hardly any available or "appropriate" family members willing to care for Georgette and her baby sister, both girls had no choice but to enter foster care. And that's when life really spun out of control for the Todd sisters. In "Foster Girl, A Memoir," Georgette relives the most traumatic years of her life to give outsiders an inside, raw, and brutally honest look at what happens to homeless children in America when under the state's care. In this unforgettable debut, readers will learn how the foster care system works and discover what's going on internally when an abused child grows up in a series of stranger's homes and institutions. Edited by Toni Morrison's first book editor, "Foster Girl" is a poignant account of a spirited girl who, despite hating the life she was born into, hopes to survive long enough to create a whole new world for herself after growing up in foster care. "Some stories need to be heard, and Foster Girl is one of them-it's the honest, heartbreaking, insider's look at the foster care system we've been lacking. I wish Georgette hadn't had to write this book, but I'm awfully glad she did."-Janice Erlbaum, acclaimed author of Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.georgettetodd.com
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Editor:
Rinzler, Alan
Alan Rinzler has been an editor at Simon and Schuster, MacMillan, Holt, Bantam, and Grove Press, and was one of the founding members of Rolling Stone magazine. He lives in Berkeley, where he is both a psychotherapist and freelance editor.
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