{"product_id":"to-the-end-of-june-the-intimate-life-of-american-foster-care-isbn-9780544103443","title":"To The End Of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book, this intimate, authoritative look at the foster care system examines why it is failing the kids it is supposed to protect and what can be done to change it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is \u003cem\u003eTo the End of June,\u003c\/em\u003e an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeam shows us the intricacies of growing up in the system—the back-and-forth with agencies, the rootless shuffling between homes, the emotionally charged tug between foster and birth parents, the terrifying push out of foster care and into adulthood. Humanizing and challenging a broken system, \u003cem\u003eTo the End of June\u003c\/em\u003e offers a tribute to resiliency and hope for real change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] powerful . . . and refreshing read.”—\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sharp critique of foster-care policies and a searching exploration of the meaning of family.”—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heart-rending and tentatively hopeful.”—\u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book A Boston Globe Best Book of 2013 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2013   \"A triumph of narrative reporting and storytelling, as well as a thorough and nuanced analysis of an American institution deeply in need of reform. . . .  Beam writes about social outcasts without stereotyping them. She gives them a much-needed voice and does what too many adults in the foster-care system can't, or won't: She advocates for them.\" -- New York Times Book Reivew   \"Beam invites the reader inside the system for sometimes uncomfortably close but always compassionate visits with parents, children and workers. . . .She takes comfort in the 'countless academics and organizers and families with countless good ideas.' It’s this conclusion -- rather than the admission that she doesn’t have the answer, even with her many lenses on the system both inside and out -- that makes this a challenging and refreshing read.\" --\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e   \"In this compassionate, rigorous book, Cris Beam describes the failures of foster care, often by way of the moments of light and hope that are inscribed in its brokenness. It is her largeness of heart, manifest on every page, that makes her arguments impossible to ignore, and that informs the deeply engaging stories she so eloquently narrates.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Solomon\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of F\u003cem\u003ear From the Tree \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Packed with messy humanity, \u003cem\u003eTo the End of June\u003c\/em\u003e is an urgent and necessary book. It would break your heart were it not for the recurring tales of good people trying to do the right thing, and an undercurrent of rage at what life has served up these kids. Cris Beam brings careful listening, unflinching poise, and her own experience as a foster mother to this account of how the state tries to step up when parents can't.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eTed Conover\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of Pulitzer-finalist \u003cem\u003eNewjack\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCoyotes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTo the End of June\u003c\/em\u003e is a clear-eyed and heartfelt look at foster care in America. It will astound you and appall you. Cris Beam has written an extraordinary book about ordinary people trying to save kids' lives. She has cast a ray of light into a dark and hidden place.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eTim Weiner\u003c\/strong\u003e, National Book Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLegacy of Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e \"Heart-rending and tentatively hopeful\" -- Laura Miller, Salon  \"Informative, poignant, passionate, and persuasive . . . Almost certain to generate a sense of urgency in readers to fix a broken system that has sometimes managed to fly beneath the radar.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e  \"Beam's intimate immersion into this system, as both a parent and an author, has brought great empathy and insight into a world most people never contemplate. Beam's book will likely change hearts and minds, and hopefully social policy.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Bay Area Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890006356197,"sku":"NP9780544103443","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544103443.jpg?v=1730232362","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/to-the-end-of-june-the-intimate-life-of-american-foster-care-isbn-9780544103443","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}