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Cargando... One Small Boat: The Story of a Little Girl, Lost Then Found (2006)por Kathy Harrison
![]() Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A well written memoir of a few of the foster child cases Harrison and her family took in. Stories such as these always make me appreciate the selflessness of other human beings who give of their time, resources, and themselves in order to try to make the life of a child just a little bit better than it has been. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
This story of one little girl's journey through our foster-care system forms an intimate portrait of foster care in America and the children whose lives are forever shaped by it. Augusten Burroughs called Kathy Harrison's memoir Another Place at the Table a "riveting and profoundly moving story of a hero, disguised as an everyday woman." In One Small Boat, Harrison tells the story of one little girl who arrived on her doorstep, and describes how caring for this child was an experience that challenged everything she thought she knew about foster-care parenting and the needs of the children she shelters. Daisy was five when she arrived in Harrison's bustling home. Mother of three children by birth and three by adoption, and with a handful of foster kids always coming and going, Harrison had ten children under her roof at any given time. But Daisy was in many ways unique. Daisy's birth mother wasn't poor, uneducated, or drug addicted. She simply couldn't bring herself to take care of her little girl, and the effects on the child were heartrending. Daisy was unwilling to eat--even frightened of it--and seemed to have a severe speech impediment. After two weeks in Kathy's loving home, however, Daisy began to thrive. What had happened to her? And how can a foster-care parent give back all that has been taken from a child like Daisy--knowing that she might leave one day very soon? Harrison had seen many children pass through her doors, but this one touched her in a way she didn't immediately understand. One Small Boat will be of deep interest to anyone who has nurtured and cared for a child or anyone interested in the intricate web that is our social welfare system. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Another great book by foster mom Kathy Harrison. Her writing is very fluid, and I got through this book in a matter of hours, despite the hard topic and the need to stop reading and just think for several moments.
What I love most about her stories is that she is very transparent about her flaws. She doesn't claim to be the "perfect" mom and readily admits areas where she made the wrong decision, or at least not the best one. She doesn't do this in a self-deprecating or even falsely humble manner, but rather pragmatically - in a this-is-what-it-is-for-better-or-worse sort of way.
Just a few minor complaints with the book: There were a few typos, though nothing major. There was also one part of the story where she contradicts herself. Speaking of a girl who was sexually abused and drew a picture of what happened, she says at one point she "continued to draw graphic pictures of her sexual abuse" on p. 102, and then later on p. 141 that she "never drew another picture [after the first one] that I was aware of". Due to the nature of the book, and the fact that some of the people portrayed are actually composites of multiple individuals to protect the identity of various people, I get that the details may be easy to confuse. I just wish an editor had caught it, as it does make one wonder just how much of the story is "real", and how much seems maybe more dramatic than real life actually was, due to the compilation of individuals' stories.
Overall, though, I loved it and would recommend it to anyone interested in hearing about foster care! (