In a book that is “at once heart-wrenching and heart-warming” (Kirkus Reviews), Parent, a social worker in New York City, recounts his most desperate cases and life on the front lines in the battle to help abused children. “A revelatory and affirmative work, a grace note played against the darkest passages of family life” (Newsday). Foreword by Anna Quindlen.

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Marc Parent worked for four years as a Child Welfare Administration Caseworker in New York City. A native of Wisconsin he lives with his wife and son in New York City.

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