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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Birthparents

The Birthparents

Santo, Frank

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General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1948954818
ISBN13: 9781948954815
Publisher: Tortoise Books
Published: Sep 12 2023
Pages: 334
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.20
Language: English


The Bronx. It's America at its most vibrant and chaotic; it's also where one foster care caseworker-a
would-be white savior from New England, a twentysomething kid prematurely jaded by the system--takes it upon himself to reunify a troubled birthmother with her children, against the recommendation of his world-weary but wise Hispanic boss. (Nevermind the fact that the mother in question just might have a crush on him--either that, or she's running game for her own purposes. And nevermind the fact that her ex-husband, a serial abuser whose casefile's thick with bruises, just might have killed someone to protect her in the past--and might be willing to do so again.) What follows is a vivid portrait of lives intersecting and colliding as they grapple with timeless issues: poverty and privilege, parenting and responsibility, drug abuse and insanity.

As gritty as a cracked city street, as full of light and shadow as a crumbling row house, as hard to discard as a piece of summer sidewalk bubblegum stuck to your shoe,

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