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Etched in sand : a true story of five siblings who survived an unspeakable childhood on Long Island  Cover Image Book Book

Etched in sand : a true story of five siblings who survived an unspeakable childhood on Long Island / Regina Calcaterra.

Calcaterra, Regina, (author.).

Summary:

Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system and intermittent homelessness in the shadows of Manhattan and the Hamptons.Regina Calcaterra's memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062218834 (sc.)
  • ISBN: 0062218832 (sc.)
  • Physical Description: 306 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Bitten bones -- Building sand castles -- And then there were three -- Breaking pact -- Failure to thrive -- Houses of sand -- Keeping pact -- Empty emancipation -- Out of Idaho -- Aging out -- The happy house -- A child at any age -- Beacons of light -- Epilogue.
Subject: Calcaterra, Regina > Childhood and youth.
Calcaterra, Regina > Family.
Ex-foster children > United States > Biography.
Foster children > New York (State) > Long Island > Biography.
Foster home care > New York (State) > Long Island > Case studies.
Child abuse > New York (State) > Long Island > Case studies.
Long Island (N.Y.) > Biography.

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