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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
House of Tomorrow	Claire Lorrimer	This is the moving story of Jeanette Roberts, a young London girl who survived appalling abuse in her own childhood, and so determined to give other children in the same position the love and care sh…	OL10540186W
The discovery of the asylum	David J. Rothman	Detailed history of U.S. social control of the criminal, poor, and mentally ill from colonial practices centered on human resources to "the age of the asylum," the Jacksonian era.	OL11333448W
Annie's Ghosts	Steve Luxenberg	Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Everyone knew it: her grown children, her friends, even people she’d only recently met. So when her secret emerged, her son Steve Luxenberg was bewildered. He was ce…	OL13759939W
Women of Magdalene	R. Poole-Carter	"A fictional account of a doctor in post-Civil War Louisiana who exposes the head of a women's asylum as a fraud and a murderer, built around themes of mysogyny and racism"--Provided by publisher.	OL16069452W
Presumption of guilt	Terri Blackstock	Just one person can save the children from a terrifying future. But to do so, she must master her past. Beth Wright, a newspaper reporter, is hot on the trail of a story that could expose something …	OL16877W
The trials of Nina McCall	Scott W. Stern	The nearly forgotten story of the fight against the American Plan, a government program designed to regulate women’s bodies and sexuality Nina McCall was one of many women unfairly imprisoned by t…	OL19745386W
Lost to the State	Elena Khlinovskaya Rockhill	Childhood held a special place in Soviet society: seen as the key to a better future, children were imagined as the only privileged class. Therefore, the rapid emergence in post-Soviet Russia of the …	OL19884719W
Good kings bad kings	Susan Nussbaum	The residents at a facility for disabled young people in Chicago build trust and make friends in an effort to fight against their living conditions and mistreatment.	OL19965278W
Moving out	Dafna Krouk-Gordon	Finding the right residential situation for an adult child with an intellectual disability doesn't have to be overwhelming. Discover the universal consideration most families should face before putti…	OL19974366W
The power to care in children's homes	Norma Baldwin	vii, 202 p. ; 23 cm	OL2026796W
Trafficked girl	Zoe Patterson	When Zoe was taken into care at the age of 13, she thought she was finally going to escape from the cruel abuse she had suffered throughout her childhood. Then social services placed her in a residen…	OL20816435W
The offering	Grace McCleen	I thought it began the day Father came home without work. Then I thought perhaps it really began the day we arrived at the farm, rumbled up the track, opened the gate and stood looking around as if w…	OL20823653W
Angel blood	Singleton, John	X-Ray, Chicken Angel, Lights Out and Cough Cough are the only four children left in the institution known as the Bin. X-Ray and his friends may have terrible things wrong with them, but they're no fo…	OL21445393W
Vlad et moi et les nids-de-poule	Brigitte Huppen	Ni sa mère ni son père n'étant capables de prendre soins de lui, Lucas vit avec son grand-père Vlad. Or, depuis peu, ce dernier s'enferme parfois dans son monde. Un travailleur social suit leur foyer…	OL24163579W
Don't ever tell	Kathy O'Beirne	Kathy recounts her tragic experiences as a Magdalen girl in unflinching detail, along the way stirring up many extreme emotions. She details her will to survive horrific circumstances and her subsequ…	OL24261557W
Stolen	Jane Harrison	Tells of five young Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their parents, brought up in a repressive children's home and trained for domestic service and other menial jobs. This tender and moving …	OL3603495W
The story of Tracy Beaker	Jacqueline Wilson,Nick Sharratt	'I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest.' Tracy is ten years old. She lives in a Children's Home but…	OL37907W
Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Facilities	Linda H. Connell	Are Tough Choices Ahead?You love your parents and remember them as strong and in control. But now, they need your help. They cannot take care of themselves the way they once could and it is up to you…	OL5705930W
Madness, magic, and medicine	Elinor Lander Horwitz	Discusses the treatment of the mentally ill through the ages.	OL6295718W
Women in Soviet society	Gail Warshofsky Lapidus	"From the earliest years of the Soviet regime, deliberate transformation of the role of women in economic, political, and family life aimed at incorporating female mobilization into a larger strategy…	OL7009213W