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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 Co...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316909099
ISBN-10: 0316909092
Publication Date: 5/5/2004
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 4
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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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