{"product_id":"turning-stones-isbn-9780449912355","title":"Turning Stones","description":"\u003cb\u003e“An absorbing piece of narrative nonfiction . . . A rare glimpse of what it is like to man these front lines of the war on child abuse—and what it does to a person’s soul. . . . Devastating [and] mesmerizing.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing a new Afterword by the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to  his brother’s throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors  to her death? Marc Parent, a city caseworker, searched the streets—and his heart—for  the answers, and shares them in this powerful, vivid, beautifully written book.“A revelatory and affirmative work, a grace note played against the darkest passages of family life.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Riveting . . . combines humor and pathos, horror and joy . . . This book is not the observation of a journalist. This comes straight from the heart.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDenver Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTurning Stones \u003c\/i\u003eis by turns discomforting and painful, comical and hopeful. Marc Parent’s unblinking honesty made me wince. His deft storytelling made me sit up and listen. And his love for the children—and  yes, their parents—made me want to turn stones as well.”\u003cb\u003e—Alex Kotlowitz, author of \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Children Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc Parent\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTurning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book\u003c\/i\u003e Prize as well as a New Visions nominee and a NEBA Honorary Selection, and\u003ci\u003e Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44886174826725,"sku":"NP9780449912355","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780449912355.jpg?v=1767743043","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/turning-stones-isbn-9780449912355","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}