Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk A Caseworker's Story

Author: Marc ParentColor: SilverEdition: 1st Ballantine Books EditionNumber Of Pages: 400Details: Why 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. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR From the Inside Flap Why 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. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR From the Back Cover Why does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother