Mama Bear to America's Marginalized: My Journey Through Adoption and Foster Care (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781734917628)

This memoir of an LA special education teacher, foster mother, and adopted daughter weaves together the complex themes that make up the tapestry of foster youth in America today. First-had accounts of the intersection between the juvenile probation system, public education, and the personal dynamics of displacement, rejection, and family dysfunction offer both a compassionate and critical treatment of the current state of affairs. Professional without being clinical, personal without turning sentimental, McKissick takes us on a disturbing journey which catalyzes both an impulse for heightened advocacy and a hope for a better future.

Author: Julie Reed McKissick
ISBN-10: 1734917628
ISBN-13: 9781734917628
Publisher: Wind in the Reeds Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2021
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d