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Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses: A Memoir
Like Family Growing Up in Other People's Houses A Memoir
Author: Paula McLain
In the tradition of Jo Ann Beard's "Boys of My Youth" and Mary Karr's "The Liar's Club," Paula McLain has written a powerful and haunting memoir about the years she and her two sisters spent as foster children. In the early '70s, after being abandoned by both parents, the girls were made wards of the Fresno County, California, court and spent th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316597425
ISBN-10: 0316597422
Publication Date: 3/2003
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Little, Brown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 5
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Helpful Score: 4
A very personal and interesting view into the world of Foster Care through the eyes of a young girl in foster care with her two sisters.
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Helpful Score: 3
Excellent memoir of the author's experiences in the foster system. Reads like a novel -- a real page turner.
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