Through Our Eyes

A Foster Family Shares Their Secret World

By: William A. Hunter

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Paperback | 12 April 2010

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274 Pages

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In Through Our Eyes, William Hunter and some of the children he fostered share their experiences within these unique social welfare phenomena. The author took in children who suffered horrific abuse from their birth parents as well as during their journey through foster care. Hunter describes his personal struggle to salvage what humanity was left to these children and advocate against the immense bureaucracy of the state welfare and mental health systems.

After a dozen years, it all came crashing down around him. The stress caught up with him and took a toll on his emotional and physical health. The cases of these children touch the human heart and invoke anger against the worst segment of our society. Few people know the suffering these children endure after the sensationalism of their abuse fades to the back page. Their struggle to survive in the system remains heart wrenching.

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Foster care is under greater public scrutiny as a growing number of children suffer abuse and neglect in the system. Mr. Hunter has written a profound book with tender compassion that addresses the physical and emotional dimensions of his twelve year journey fostering severely damaged children. The work is deeply felt in its descriptive accuracy of the daily struggles and complex family and social dynamics endured within the home, school, and community. Told by both parent and child with heartbreaking sincerity, this is a story that needs to be heard. -- Kevin R. Wandler, MD, chief medical officer, Remuda Ranch Treatment Centers

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