To the End of June

To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care by Cris Beam
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was an interesting, if heartbreaking look into the ins and outs of foster care. Although it was well written, and well researched, it focused mainly on New Yorks foster care. While it was prefaced that it wouldn't be a comprehensive look at foster care, it revealed enough to know that every state has different agencies, and different laws regarding foster care, so I am not sure how universal some of the problems are (although I am sure that they have similar problems) It also focused mostly on teens and YA. It is an eye opening read...you know the foster system is bad, but to have all the deficiencies pointed out is shocking. Also since it again pointed out that it was a strictly observational book, there were no answers to how we can do better. Most of the homes she focused on had saints as foster parents and they still cculdnt seem to make it work.

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