Review: For the children
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2013
We like to believe things like this do not happen, but we can go from Amelia' s days in the system and see that things still happen today in systems that are understaffed with people who are all to often under qualified.  The horrors swallow children to remain in is unbelievable.  It is also unbelievable that children are not listened to.. we tend to talk AT them rather than TO them and we see this throughout this book.  The reaction when Amelia is molested by Jason is a common one even by blood relatives, including mothers, and was not surprising to see in this story.  The horror of Amelia' s life seemed phoney until I began to think about my paralegal days and some of the cases we worked on.  Then I remembered real cases of abuse jus. t as bad and just as real.  I am looking forward to reading on to see how Amelia moved on with her life.