Another Mother: Co-Parenting with the Foster Care System

by Sarah Gerstenzang

Book Overview

One night after midnight social workers brought a baby girl to the author's home, and her life as a foster mother began. A social worker herself, Gerstenzang discovered that raising Cecilia, deespite all the personal joys, would be a complex and frustrating process of co-parenting with the foster care system in New York City. Foster parents are in great demand, but they are not necessarily treated well. We follow the author through the home visits,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826515495
• ISBN13: 9780826515490
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"