{"product_id":"turning-stones-marc-parent-9780449912355","title":"Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk A Caseworker's Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An absorbing piece of narrative nonfiction . . . A rare glimpse of what it is like to man these front lines of the war on child abuse--and what it does to a person's soul. . . . Devastating [and] mesmerizing.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing a new Afterword by the author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother's throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors to her death? Marc Parent, a city caseworker, searched the streets--and his heart--for the answers, and shares them in this powerful, vivid, beautifully written book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Parent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0449912353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449912355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Marc Parent","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996756574463,"sku":"9780449912355","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4c62aec-5dea-45c0-a010-1f36a56de3b7.jpg?v=1683343508","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/turning-stones-marc-parent-9780449912355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}