University City Public Library Book Challenge: Stranger Care

University City MO

18 October, 2021

2:52 AM

Description

Press release from University City Public Library Book Challenge: October 16, 2021 Stranger Care: a memoir of loving what isn't ours / Sarah Sentilles, 419 pgs. After deciding not to have their own biological children, the author and her husband decide to try to adopt through the foster care system. When they get the perfect baby, they realize how difficult it is to root against the babies mother, a woman who they get to know as they arrange for visits, etc. In fact, this pulls back the curtain on the whole system which is rife with problems now and certainly historically. Reunification is the goal of the system...kids living with their parents. There are a lot of moving parts, social workers that are totally burned out, lawyers, judges, and, of course the families - kids, parents, foster parents. It is hard to fathom how it all works...oh wait, this book gives you a look...it doesn't work all that well. Heartbreaking and beautiful, Sentilles is a master. This press release was produced by University City Public Library Book Challenge. The views expressed here are the author's own.