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008			220511s2022 nyu 000 0aeng
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020			_a9780306903540 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0306903547 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1316703235
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092			_aAMBROZ, D. _bA496
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100	1		_aAmbroz, David, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA place called home : _ba memoir / _cDavid Ambroz.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2209
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bLegacy Lit, _c2022.
300			_a370 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"As a child, David Ambroz was raised homeless in New York City, the home of Wall Street and more than 100,000 homeless children. For David and his two siblings, their mother's diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia sets them in motion for a life of poverty, violence and instability as they travel across New York and New England seeking shelter. For eleven years, home for David means living in train stations, subway cars, 24-hour diners, and wherever is safe and warm; bathing in public restrooms; and stealing food to quell his hunger. When he gets into foster care, it feels like salvation, but it soon proves to be just as unsafe for young people-more of his foster siblings are put on a prison pipeline than college-bound. Surmounting violence, continued poverty and physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his caregivers, David harnesses an inner grit to escape the inevitable outcome for kids like him. He takes shelter and finds hope on his own in libraries, schools, and in the occasional adult angel. Through hard work and unwavering resolve, he is able to get into Vassar College, the first significant step out from the yolk of poverty, and later graduates UCLA School of Law. This heart-wrenching and inspiring story about young people pulls back the curtain on homelessness and poverty in the lives of children and shines a pivotal light on generations of kids that have been systematically ignored and overlooked. A Place Called Home is both David's powerful personal account through the lens of a child surviving it daily. And as the go-to child welfare advocate for the Obama administration and major U.S. companies, A Place Called Home is a beckoning call to our national conscience to move from pity to action"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aAmbroz, David.
650		0	_aHomeless children _zNew York (State) _zNew York _vBiography.
650		0	_aFoster children _zNew York (State) _zNew York _vBiography.
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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