All Alone in the WorldAll Alone in the World
Children of the Incarcerated
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Book, 2005
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Current format, Book, 2005, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsAn investigation into the lives of children of imprisoned parents cites unsettling statistics about the percentage of American children who have a parent in jail, drawing on real-life accounts to reveal how children with imprisoned parents are socially marginalized or otherwise victimized by judicial practices. 20,000 first printing.
<b>A <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> Best Book of the Year. </b><b>“An urgent invitation to care for all children as our own.” —Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of </b><b><i>Random Family</i></b><br> <br> In this “moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families”, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children—over two million of them—torn apart by our current incarceration policy (<i>Parents’ Press</i>). Described as “meticulously reported and sensitively written” by Salon, the book is “brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change” (<i>Orlando Sentinel</i>).<br> <br><i>Our Weekly Los Angeles </i>calls it “a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers.”<br> <br> “In terms of elegance, breadth and persuasiveness, <i>All Alone in the World </i>deserves to be placed alongside other classics of the genre such as Jonathan Kozol’s <i>Savage Inequalities</i>, Alex Kotlowitz’s <i>There Are No Children Here</i> and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s <i>Random Family</i>. But to praise the book’s considerable literary or sociological merit seems beside the point. This book belongs not only on shelves but also in the hands of judges and lawmakers.” —<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br> <br> “Well researched and smoothly written, Bernstein’s book pumps up awareness of the problems, provides a checklist for what needs to be done and also cites organizations like the Osborne Society that provide parenting and literacy classes, counseling and support. The message is clear: taking family connections into account ‘holds particular promise for restoring a social fabric rent by both crime and punishment.’” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review
<b>A <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> Best Book of the Year. </b><b>“An urgent invitation to care for all children as our own.” —Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of </b><b><i>Random Family</i></b><br> <br> In this “moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families”, award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children—over two million of them—torn apart by our current incarceration policy (<i>Parents’ Press</i>). Described as “meticulously reported and sensitively written” by Salon, the book is “brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change” (<i>Orlando Sentinel</i>).<br> <br><i>Our Weekly Los Angeles </i>calls it “a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers.”<br> <br> “In terms of elegance, breadth and persuasiveness, <i>All Alone in the World </i>deserves to be placed alongside other classics of the genre such as Jonathan Kozol’s <i>Savage Inequalities</i>, Alex Kotlowitz’s <i>There Are No Children Here</i> and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s <i>Random Family</i>. But to praise the book’s considerable literary or sociological merit seems beside the point. This book belongs not only on shelves but also in the hands of judges and lawmakers.” —<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br> <br> “Well researched and smoothly written, Bernstein’s book pumps up awareness of the problems, provides a checklist for what needs to be done and also cites organizations like the Osborne Society that provide parenting and literacy classes, counseling and support. The message is clear: taking family connections into account ‘holds particular promise for restoring a social fabric rent by both crime and punishment.’” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review
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