"An absorbing piece of narrative nonfiction . . . A rare glimpse of what it is like to man these front lines of the war on child abuse--and what it does to a person's soul. . . . Devastating [and] mesmerizing."--The Los Angeles TimesFeaturing a new Afterword by the author Why does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother's throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors to her death? Marc Parent, a city caseworker, searched the streets--and his heart--for the answers, and shares them in this powerful, vivid, beautifully written book.
| ISBN | 9780449912355 |
| Autor(a) | Parent, Marc |
| Editora | Ballantine Group |
| Ano de edição | 1998 |
| Páginas | 400 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |