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    To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
    To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
    To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
    Audiobook12 hours

    To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care

    Written by Cris Beam

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

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    Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is To the End of June, an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family.

    Beam shows us the intricacies of growing up in the system-the back-and-forth with agencies, the rootless shuffling between homes, the emotionally charged tug between foster and birth parents, the terrifying push out of foster care and into adulthood. Humanizing and challenging a broken system, To the End of June offers a tribute to resiliency and hope for real change.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 20, 2018
    ISBN9781977375490

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    • 3/5
      I expected this book to focus more on the experiences of children in the foster care system so that was a bit disappointing for me but Beam does offer a very revealing, insightful, and compassionate look at the considerable systemic problems of foster care and how the families and children try to cope with them.
    • 3/5
      It’s sad. If only it wasn’t. But foster care is very difficult, as you might expect. And difficulty often brings sadness. This is a story of stories, a book of tales of foster care. Many, many sad stories. Let’s read these with the hope that someday the stories will be happier.
    • 2/5
      I did enjoy being able to read about what happens in foster care and how it effects the children and the families. It did seem as though some of the foster parents were not doing their job, and honestly shouldn't have been in the position to take care of someone else's child. I did have a hard time keeping all of the families and kids straight. Some of the writing was disjointed and it was difficult to connect with the children who were in the system. It wasn't terrible. There was some good information here, but I think the author is capable of much more and it could have been a 5 star read. Maybe an editor could have helped with the layout of the book. I don't know I'm just a reader, but this is one I could have skipped.