Somebody Else's Children

The Courts, The Kids, and The Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families

by John Hubner


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Softcover
$24.95
Softcover
$24.95

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 10/29/2003

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5.5x8.5
Page Count : 384
ISBN : 9780595300785

About the Book

With the narrative force of an epic novel and the urgency of first-rate investigative journalism, this important book delves into the daily workings and life-or-death decisions of a typical American family court system. It provides an intimate look at the lives of the parents and children whose fate it decides. A must for social workers and social work students, attorneys, judges, foster parents, law students, child advocates, teachers, journalists and anyone who cares about our nation's children.


About the Author

John Hubner and Jill Wolfson are award-winning journalists, based in Northern California. For this book, they won awards from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the American Bar Association and the Bay Area Book Reviewer?s Association.