Letters my mother never read
Subtitle: an abandoned child's journey
By: Jerri Diane Sueck
Contributors: Taylor, Hal, illustrator
Series: Townsend library; Townsend Library
Publisher: Townsend Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: West Berlin, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781591940364
Subjects: Foster home care; Abandoned children; Biography; Women
Other titles: Abandoned child's journey
Description: When her mother died in a fire, eight-year-old Jerri thought life couldn't get worse. She was wrong. Sent to live with people who didn't want her, Jerri was powerless to stop her once-happy childhood from becoming a nightmare of cruelty and neglect. Only a stubborn belief in her own worth and a fierce will to live allowed her to reach adulthood physically and emotionally intact. This is a book that will inspire not only those who have been orphans or foster children, but anyone who has known the pain of being unwanted. - Back cover.
Notes: "Illustrations by Hal Taylor."
Table of contents: title: In the beginning --; title: The coal cellar : ages 8 to 10 --; title: The orphanage : ages 10 to 12 --; title: The first foster home : the wrong decision : ages 12 to 13 --; title: The second foster home : ages 13 to 14 --; title: Back at the orphanage : ages 14 to 17 --; title: The college years : ages 17 to 24 --; title: The convent years : ages 24 to 34 --; title: My emergence into life : age 34 to present.