{"product_id":"safe-mark-daley-9781668008799","title":"Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If you want a lifechanging book, this is the one to read.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe View\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A truly revealing\" (Hillary Clinton) memoir of an unlikely journey to parenthood through America's broken foster care system.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it take to keep a child safe? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a long-time strategist and activist fighting for better outcomes for foster children, Mark Daley thought he knew the answer. But when Ethan and Logan, an adorable infant and a precocious toddler, entered their lives, Mark and his husband Jason quickly realized they were not remotely prepared for the uncertainty and complication of foster parenting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery day seven hundred children enter the foster care system in the United States, and thousands more live on the brink. \u003ci\u003eSafe\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deeply personal and \"riveting\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) window into what happens when the universal longing for family crashes up against the unique madness and bureaucracy of a child protection system that often fails to consider the needs of the most vulnerable parties of all--the children themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaley takes us on a roller-coaster ride as he and Jason grapple with Ethan and Logan's potential reunification with their biological family, learn brutal lessons about sacrifice, acceptance, and healing, and face the honest, heartbreaking, and sometimes hilarious challenges of becoming a parent at the intersection of intergenerational trauma, inadequate social support, and systemic issues of prejudice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fans of Nicole Chung's \u003ci\u003eAll You Can Ever Know\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephanie Land's \u003ci\u003eMaid\u003c\/i\u003e, and Roxanna Asgarian's \u003ci\u003eWe Were Once a Family\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSafe\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a strong indictment of a failed child welfare system, but with an unexpectedly happy ending that speaks to the power of love\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50064469688513,"sku":"9781668008799","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781668008799.jpg?v=1773946970","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/safe-mark-daley-9781668008799","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}