{"product_id":"trash-bags-and-chaos-angela-rodgers-9798995799047","title":"Trash Bags and Chaos","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happens after the call is accepted...and the door actually opens?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Trash Bags and Chaos: The Realities of Foster Care No One Talks About, Angela Rodgers takes readers beyond the policies, beyond the training, and into the hallway-where children arrive carrying their lives in garbage bags and trauma walks in unannounced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from over two decades of lived experience working with more than 200 children and adopting eleven, Rodgers delivers an unfiltered, deeply human look at the foster care system from inside the home. This is not theory. It is real life-where love collides with fear, where safety must come before connection, and where healing rarely follows a timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith raw honesty and unwavering compassion, she not only exposes the gaps between policy and reality, but also brings needed perspective to the system itself-highlighting the pressures, limitations, and impossible demands placed on those working within it. This is not a book written to tear the system down, but to better understand it so meaningful change can happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom night terrors and survival behaviors to courtroom decisions that reshape lives, this book brings clarity to what foster care truly requires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a must-read for foster and adoptive parents, caseworkers, policymakers, and anyone willing to see beyond the system's surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause children were never meant to grow up in trash bags. And until that changes-someone has to tell the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Rodgers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995799047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Battle Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Angela Rodgers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874772594943,"sku":"9798995799047","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trash-bags-and-chaos-angela-rodgers-9798995799047","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}