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Fall or Fly: The Strangely Hopeful Story of Foster Care and Adoption in Appalachia - Couverture souple

Welch, Wendy

 
9780821423028: Fall or Fly: The Strangely Hopeful Story of Foster Care and Adoption in Appalachia
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ISBN 10 : 0821423029 ISBN 13 : 9780821423028
Editeur : Ohio University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Chaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in the coalfields of Appalachia. Her assessment is based on interviews with more than sixty social workers, parents, and children who have gone through "the system." The riveting stories in Fall or Fly tell what foster care is like, from the inside out.

In depictions of foster care and adoption, stories tend to cluster at the dark or light ends of the spectrum, rather than telling the day-to-day successes and failures of families working to create themselves. Who raises other people's children? Why? What's money got to do with it when the love on offer feels so real? And how does the particular setting of Appalachia--itself so frequently oversimplified or stereotyped--influence the way these questions play out?

In Fall or Fly, Welch invites people bound by a code of silence to open up and to share their experiences. Less inspiration than a call to caring awareness, this pioneering work of storytelling journalism explores how love, compassion, money, and fear intermingle in what can only be described as a marketplace for our nation's greatest asset.

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À propos de l'auteur

Wendy Welch is the executive director of the Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium and the author, coauthor, or editor of six books, including Fall or Fly: The Strangely Hopeful Story of Foster Care and Adoption in Appalachia (also from Ohio University Press). She advocates for social justice in health care and other critical areas of development across Appalachia.

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Éditeur
Ohio University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0821423029
ISBN 13 
9780821423028
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
198
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