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100 1  Welch, Wendy,|eauthor. 
245 10 Fall or fly :|bthe strangely hopeful story of foster care 
       and adoption in Appalachia /|cWendy Welch. 
264  1 Athens, Ohio :|bOhio University Press,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    1 online resource 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
520    "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"--|cProvided by publisher. 
588 0  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title
       page (EBSCO, viewed January 9, 2018). 
650  0 Adoption|zAppalachian Region. 
650  0 Foster home care|zAppalachian Region. 
650  0 Social work with children|zAppalachian Region. 
650  7 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & 
       Welfare.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Adoption.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00797076 
650  7 Foster home care.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00933198 
650  7 Social work with children.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01123490 
651  7 Appalachian Region.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01240092 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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