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Deborah Gold Counting Down (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Counting Down : a Memoir of Foster Parenting and Beyond
- Publication Name
- Counting Down
- Title
- Counting Down
- Subtitle
- A Memoir of Foster Parenting and Beyond
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0821422960
- EAN
- 9780821422960
- ISBN
- 9780821422960
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / General, Personal Memoirs, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Adoption & Fostering
- Release Date
- 26/02/2018
- Release Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 7.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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When Deborah Gold and her husband signed up to foster parent in their rural mountain community, they did not foresee that it would lead to a roller-coaster fifteen years of involvement with a traumatized yet resilient birth family. They fell in love with Michael (a toddler when he came to them), yet they had to reckon with the knowledge that he could leave their lives at any time. In Counting Down, Gold tells the story of forging a family within a confounding system. We meet social workers, a birth mother with the courage to give her children the childhood she never had herself, and a father parenting from prison. We also encounter members of a remarkable fellowship of Appalachian foster parents--gay, straight, right, left, evangelical, and atheist--united by love, loss, and quality hand-me-downs. Gold's memoir is one of the few books to deliver a foster parent's perspective (and, through Michael's own poetry and essays, that of a former foster child). In it, she shakes up common assumptions and offers a powerfully frank and hopeful look at an experience often portrayed as bleak.
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Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0821422960
ISBN-13
9780821422960
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237841667
Product Key Features
Book Title
Counting Down : a Memoir of Foster Parenting and Beyond
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, Personal Memoirs, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Adoption & Fostering
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv887
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"Counting Down is a deeply moving memoir about both the rewards and the daunting challenges of being a foster family. By choosing to incorporate both parent and child perspectives, Deborah Gold has created a unique and valuable book. Bravo."--Ron Rash, author of The Risen, "Counting Down is an extraordinary story of loss and recovery that documents the breakdown and rebuilding of lives, family, and human potential. Deborah Gold is a gifted writer, and the kind of person who makes our world not only bearable but meaningful. This an intimate account of struggle, joy, and the bonds that sustain families and communities."--Robert Morgan, author of Chasing the North Star, "After reading this book, I realize that foster parents are the bravest people in the world. Deborah Gold's eloquent and thorough portrayal of this experience is not only enlightening, it is revelatory. And beautifully written, with wonderful additions by her foster son Michael. Counting Down reads like a novel and should be required reading in every child psychology and women's studies class, and in every education, family law, and medical course in the country." --Lee Smith, author of Dimestore: A Writer's Life, " Counting Down provides a deep dive into fostering and adoption.... (P)rovide(s) insight into the human emotions and reasoning within a chaotic system. These insights are useful for prospective foster parents wondering what types of relationships and obstacles to expect; current foster parents will find encouragement, advice, and validation in the stories."-- Appalachian Journal, "A beautiful and poignant story of love, commitment, strength, and understanding. Foster and adoptive parents are its natural audience; however, Ms. Gold is such an engaging writer that anyone could appreciate this inspirational story about the difficult and often disheartening subject of foster parenting. ... An excellent memoir underscoring persistence, acceptance and hope."--Growing Intentional Families Together newsletter, Counting Down provides a deep dive into fostering and adoption.... (P)rovide(s) insight into the human emotions and reasoning within a chaotic system. These insights are useful for prospective foster parents wondering what types of relat|9780821422960|
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2017-959985
Dewey Decimal
362.733092
Dewey Edition
23
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