{"product_id":"behind-closed-doors-why-we-break-up-families-and-how-to-mend-them-9780349014517","title":"Behind Closed Doors: Why We Break Up Families - And How to Mend Them","description":", \u003cb\u003e'Brilliant . . . I love this book' LEMN SISSAY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A must-read book' JACQUELINE WILSON\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary' OLIVER BULLOUGH\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Everyone should read this book' HILARY COTTAM\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meet the mother whose children were taken away, and the father who fought for his son. Listen to the radical social worker, the judge, the lawyer. See inside the homes of foster carers, adoptive parents and children in care. Because behind closed doors, a scandal is ongoing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We now remove more children from their parents than ever before. Children's Care is a system where fathers are ignored, and mothers are punished for experiencing abuse. Rife with prejudices about race, ableism and class, determined by a postcode lottery. Blind to poverty and its effects on family life. And, at its very worst, an exercise in social engineering that can never replace parental love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From North to South, rich and poor, Black and white, these are the people who know, first-hand, what is going wrong - and how we can fix it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Important' IAN BIRRELL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vital' HANNAH JANE PARKINSON\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of Britain's best journalists writing about social justice' MARIANA MAZZUCATO\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15625161\"\u003ePolly Curtis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virago Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 4.96w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349014517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0349014515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC016000\"\u003eHuman Services\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolly Curtis is an author and journalist dedicated to reporting on social justice. Having worked at \u003ci\u003eTortoise, HuffPost, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBritish Red Cross and for sixteen years as Education Editor, Whitehall Correspondent, News Editor and Digital Editor at the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/i\u003eshe was a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford's Reuters Institute and was most recently Managing Director of PA Media. Born in Camden, she still lives there, with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44291886285037,"sku":"9780349014517","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a356c70e-b797-41fa-8d08-01a6e098374e.jpg?v=1697130551","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/behind-closed-doors-why-we-break-up-families-and-how-to-mend-them-9780349014517","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}