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Author Welch, Wendy, author.

Title Fall or fly : the strangely hopeful story of foster care and adoption in Appalachia / Wendy Welch.

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018]
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Summary "Chaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in the coalfields of Appalachia. Her assessment is based on interviews with more than sixty social workers, parents, and children who have gone through "the system." The riveting stories in Fall or Fly tell what foster care is like, from the inside out. In depictions of foster care and adoption, stories tend to cluster at the dark or light ends of the spectrum, rather than telling the day-to-day successes and failures of families working to create themselves. Who raises other people's children? Why? What's money got to do with it when the love on offer feels so real? And how does the particular setting of Appalachia--itself so frequently oversimplified or stereotyped--influence the way these questions play out? In Fall or Fly, Welch invites people bound by a code of silence to open up and to share their experiences. Less inspiration than a call to caring awareness, this pioneering work of storytelling journalism explores how love, compassion, money, and fear intermingle in what can only be described as a marketplace for our nation's greatest asset"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 9, 2018).
Subject Adoption -- Appalachian Region.
Foster home care -- Appalachian Region.
Social work with children -- Appalachian Region.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
Adoption. (OCoLC)fst00797076
Foster home care. (OCoLC)fst00933198
Social work with children. (OCoLC)fst01123490
Appalachian Region. (OCoLC)fst01240092
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Original 9780821423011 0821423010 9780821423028 0821423029 (DLC) 2017036216 (OCoLC)982091350
ISBN 9780821446232 (electronic book)
0821446231 (electronic book)
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