This memoir gives voice and insight into the life of an abused and neglected child who is eventually placed in foster care. The story explores the first ten years of Kathy's life with her alcoholic parents who are drowning in poverty and their addictions. The journey continues through a children's home and foster care system in Lincoln, Nebraska. When a Mennonite couple from Milford, Nebraska follow God's call, an unexpected miracle brings hope and healing to this sad situation. Those who have experienced childhood trauma find similarities and a kindred spirit in Kathy's story. Those who have not gain a deeper understanding of childhood poverty, abuse and neglect.

Bars, Dumps & Other Childhood Hangouts

Katherine Burkey Wiens

Mennonite Press, Inc.

Katherine Burkey Wiens gives wisdom and insight into the life of a child in the foster care system in this follow-up to Bars, Dumps & Other Childhood Hangouts. When Kathy was removed from her biological mother's care it was the worst day of her life and also the best day of her life. This book chronicles why it was the best day of her life. But as a ten-year-old child losing the only family she knows, no matter what the circumstances, is also the worst day of her life. Kathy takes the reader on a firsthand experience of what it is like to be a child removed from an abusive home and placed with a stable family.

Please Don't Send Me Back

Parenting & Relationships

Adoption

WorkPlay Publishing

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Bars, Dumps & Other Childhood Hangouts

Please Don't Send Me Back