Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Susan Sheehan tells the story of one family's passage though the child-welfare system and provides a glimpse into the foster-care program that failed to save them. A searing account of poverty, addiction, and abuse as experienced by Crystal Taylor, a 14-year-old mother and the daughter of a heroin addict. Sheehan traces the girl's movement through various institutions as well as the experiences of her mother and her child. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.