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Author Calcaterra, Regina, author.

Title Etched in sand : a true story of five siblings who survived an unspeakable childhood on Long Island / Regina Calcaterra.

Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, [2013]
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.73 CALCATERRA    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  362.733 CALCATERRA    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO CALCATERRA    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY CALCATERRA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO CALCATERRA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.733 CALCATERRA    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.733 CAL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B CALCATERRA, R.    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  B CALCATERRA    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.733 C144E    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 306 pages ; 21 cm
Summary Calcaterra and her siblings endured a series of foster homes and intermittent homelessness in the shadow of the Hamptons. She managed to rise above her past while fighting to keep her brother and three sisters together. An unforgettable reminder that, regardless of social status, the American dream is still within reach for those who have the desire and the determination to succeed.
Contents Bitten bones -- Building sand castles -- And then there were three -- Breaking pact -- Failure to thrive -- Houses of sand -- Keeping pact -- Empty emancipation -- Out of Idaho -- Aging out -- The happy house -- A child at any age -- Beacons of light.
Subject Calcaterra, Regina -- Childhood and youth.
Calcaterra, Regina -- Family.
Foster children -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Biography.
Foster home care -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Case studies.
Child abuse -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Case studies.
Ex-foster children -- Biography.
Abused children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Children of mentally ill mothers -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Case studies.
Long Island (N.Y.) -- Biography.
ISBN 9780062218834 (pbk.)
0062218832 (pbk.)
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