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02885aam a2200457 i 4500 001 DE6FF3CA370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 171116t20172018ohu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2017036216 020 $a 0821423029 020 $a 9780821423028 020 $a 0821423010 020 $a 9780821423011 035 $a (OCoLC)982091350 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OHI $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usa-- 050 00 $a HV875.56 A7 W45 2017 082 00 $a 362.73/30974 $2 23 084 $a SOC025000 $a SOC025000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Welch, Wendy, $e author. 245 10 $a Fall or fly : $b the strangely hopeful story of foster care and adoption in Appalachia / $c Wendy Welch. 263 $a 1711 264 1 $a Athens, Ohio : $b Ohio University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a 185 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Chaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in the coalfields of Appalachia. Her assessment is based on interviews with more than sixty social workers, parents, and children who have gone through "the system." The riveting stories in Fall or Fly tell what foster care is like, from the inside out. In depictions of foster care and adoption, stories tend to cluster at the dark or light ends of the spectrum, rather than telling the day-to-day successes and failures of families working to create themselves. Who raises other people's children? Why? What's money got to do with it when the love on offer feels so real? And how does the particular setting of Appalachia--itself so frequently oversimplified or stereotyped--influence the way these questions play out? In Fall or Fly, Welch invites people bound by a code of silence to open up and to share their experiences. Less inspiration than a call to caring awareness, this pioneering work of storytelling journalism explores how love, compassion, money, and fear intermingle in what can only be described as a marketplace for our nation's greatest asset"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 650 0 $a Adoption $z Appalachian Region. 650 0 $a Foster home care $z Appalachian Region. 650 0 $a Social work with children $z Appalachian Region. 650 7 $a FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Adoption. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00797076 650 7 $a Foster home care. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00933198 650 7 $a Social work with children. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01123490 651 7 $a Appalachian Region. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01240092 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403021504.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DE6FF3CA370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search