All Alone in the World - by Nell Bernstein (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>One in ten American children has a parent under criminal justice supervision--incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. Moving stories of real families show how the children of the incarcerated are routinely punished for their parents' status with minimal effort made to help them cope.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> Best Book of the Year. </b><b>"An urgent invitation to care for all children as our own." --Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of </b><b><i>Random Family</i></b> <p/> In this "moving condemnation of the U.S. penal system and its effect on families", award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein takes an intimate look at parents and children--over two million of them--torn apart by our current incarceration policy (<i>Parents' Press</i>). Described as "meticulously reported and sensitively written" by Salon, the book is "brimming with compelling case studies . . . and recommendations for change" (<i>Orlando Sentinel</i>). <p/><i>Our Weekly Los Angeles </i>calls it "a must-read for lawmakers as well as for lawbreakers." <p/> "In terms of elegance, breadth and persuasiveness, <i>All Alone in the World </i>deserves to be placed alongside other classics of the genre such as Jonathan Kozol's <i>Savage Inequalities</i>, Alex Kotlowitz's <i>There Are No Children Here</i> and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's <i>Random Family</i>. But to praise the book's considerable literary or sociological merit seems beside the point. This book belongs not only on shelves but also in the hands of judges and lawmakers." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/> "Well researched and smoothly written, Bernstein's book pumps up awareness of the problems, provides a checklist for what needs to be done and also cites organizations like the Osborne Society that provide parenting and literacy classes, counseling and support. The message is clear: taking family connections into account 'holds particular promise for restoring a social fabric rent by both crime and punishment.'" --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>An urgent invitation to care for all children as our own.<br>--Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Author of <i>Random Family</i> <p/>In terms of elegance, breadth and persuasiveness, <i>All Alone in the World</i> deserves to be placed alongside other classics of the genre such as Jonathan Kozol's <i>Savage Inequalities</i>, Alex Kotlowitz's <i>There Are No Children Here</i> and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's <i>Random Family</i>. But to praise the book's considerable literary or sociological merit seems beside the point. This book belongs not only on shelves but also in the hands of judges and lawmakers.<br>--<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/>Serious, moving, and well organized ... this book could help galvanize a national will to tackle such problems.<br>--<i>Library Journal</i>, Starred Review <p/>Well researched and smoothly written. Bernstein's book pumps up awareness of the problems [and] provides a checklist for what needs to be done.<br>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, Starred Review <p/>This is the book we children of prisoners have been waiting for.<br>--Chesa Boudin<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Nell Bernstein</b> is an award-winning journalist and former Soros Justice Media Fellow at the Open Society Institute of New York whose articles have appeared in <i>Newsday</i>, <i>Salon</i>, <i>Mother Jones</i>, and the <i>Washington Post</i>, among other publications. She lives outside of Berkeley, California.
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