Philippe Petit's illicit 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center towers is the touchstone for stories of the people down below, including an Irish monk living in the Bronx projects, a Park Avenue mother in mourning for her son who died in Vietnam, and a heroin-addicted hooker.
A biography of Philomena Lee and Michael Hess who were reunited fifty years after Philomena was forced to give him up for adoption by the Catholic Church.
Story of Bianca D?az, a Dominican-American teenage mother in one of New York City's toughest neighborhoods, who struggles with the hopelessness of her situation and tries to make the best decisions for herself and her baby daughter.
Examines the emotional consequences of foster care, focusing on the experiences of three generations of one inner-city family with the child welfare system.
Presents a guide for teenage parents on the first month of a newborn baby's life, providing information on breastfeeding, keeping the baby comfortable, dealing with tiredness, and more.
Fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, trying to earn the money for college, takes a job caring for the two children of Jolly, a single teenage mom, and must find the courage to make the right decision for all of them after Jolly is fired.
This book discusses the experience of becoming a teenage parent, exploring such areas as physical and emotional changes in the mother, basic child care, discipline, caregivers, and financial planning.
