Me, Mike, and the Agency: How Boston's Jf&cs Rescued Us and Other Kids in Need

by Ben Gordon

Book Overview

The terms "group home" and "foster care" are often fearsome labels, Dickensian in character, associated as they frequently are with unthinkable historic and modern outrages. But for author Ben Gordon and his brother Mike, their relationship with Jewish Family and Children's Service of Boston was anything but fearsome.

In this memoir, Gordon narrates his experiences beginning in 1950 when he was nine years old and his brother Mike was eight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475932650
• ISBN13: 9781475932652
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"