The Lost Children of Wilder
Subtitle: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care
Publisher: Vintage
Published: February 5, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780679758341
Subjects: Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Sociology; New York (State); Human Services; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Social Work; Child Advocacy; Social Science / Social Classes; Foster children; Child welfare; Legal status, laws, etc; New York
First sentence: THREE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1972, SHIRLEY WILDER, a young black girl with nowhere to go and a need to keep running, stood before a Manhattan Family Court judge who had spent her long career battling for the rights and needs of poor children.