Turning stones : my days and nights with children at risk / Marc Parent with a foreword by Anna Quindlen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parent, Marc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parent, Marc.

Child welfare workers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Child welfare workers.

Abused children--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Abused children.

Child welfare--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Child welfare.

New York (N.Y.). Bureau of Child Welfare. Emergency Children's Services.

New York (N.Y.).

Biography.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

xi, 366 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., [1996]

Summary:

For four years, Marc Parent was a respected caseworker in New York City's Emergency Children's Services, a city agency created to cope with cases of suspected and actual abuse reported during the evening and nighttime hours. In his young charges he saw day-to-day bravery as well as some of the strangest twists the human soul can take. Shocking, illuminating, funny, lyrical, and above all searchingly honest, this book takes readers into a world that many would rather not contemplate.

ISBN:

0151002231

OCLC:

34651428