To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care

A New York Times Notable Book that "casts a searing eye on the labyrinth that is the American foster care system" (NPR's On Point).

Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is To the End of June, an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a...