Behind Closed Doors : Why We Break Up Families – and How to Mend Them
by
Polly Curtis
Book Details
Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
0349014515
ISBN-13
9780349014517
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint
Virago Press Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 12th, 2023
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
254 grams
Dimensions
12.70 x 19.90 x 3.20 cms
Product Classification:
Social welfare & social servicesSocial welfare, social policy and social services
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A searing portrait of English society seen through the lives of families and workers in the care system.
, 'Brilliant . . . I love this book' LEMN SISSAY
'A must-read book' JACQUELINE WILSON
'Extraordinary' OLIVER BULLOUGH
'Everyone should read this book' HILARY COTTAM
Meet the mother whose children were taken away, and the father who fought for his son. Listen to the radical social worker, the judge, the lawyer. See inside the homes of foster carers, adoptive parents and children in care. Because behind closed doors, a scandal is ongoing.
We now remove more children from their parents than ever before. Children's Care is a system where fathers are ignored, and mothers are punished for experiencing abuse. Rife with prejudices about race, ableism and class, determined by a postcode lottery. Blind to poverty and its effects on family life. And, at its very worst, an exercise in social engineering that can never replace parental love.
From North to South, rich and poor, Black and white, these are the people who know, first-hand, what is going wrong - and how we can fix it.
'Important' IAN BIRRELL
'Vital' HANNAH JANE PARKINSON
'One of Britain's best journalists writing about social justice' MARIANA MAZZUCATO,
'A must-read book' JACQUELINE WILSON
'Extraordinary' OLIVER BULLOUGH
'Everyone should read this book' HILARY COTTAM
Meet the mother whose children were taken away, and the father who fought for his son. Listen to the radical social worker, the judge, the lawyer. See inside the homes of foster carers, adoptive parents and children in care. Because behind closed doors, a scandal is ongoing.
We now remove more children from their parents than ever before. Children's Care is a system where fathers are ignored, and mothers are punished for experiencing abuse. Rife with prejudices about race, ableism and class, determined by a postcode lottery. Blind to poverty and its effects on family life. And, at its very worst, an exercise in social engineering that can never replace parental love.
From North to South, rich and poor, Black and white, these are the people who know, first-hand, what is going wrong - and how we can fix it.
'Important' IAN BIRRELL
'Vital' HANNAH JANE PARKINSON
'One of Britain's best journalists writing about social justice' MARIANA MAZZUCATO,
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