{"product_id":"so-you-think-you-want-to-foster-paperback","title":"So You Think You Want to Foster? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Bryans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of four, because of the Easter bombings in May 1941, we\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere bombed out of our beautiful home and evacuated to a farm thirty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emiles north of Belfast, Northern Ireland. A year or so later, we returned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand lived in a very deprived area in the city. My father, an old soldier, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas an alcoholic who smoked in the region of a thousand cigarettes a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eweek, so, the cupboards were bare and family life broke down. My\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emother had little or no money for food, or even necessary items. I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecame something of a problem child and was convicted of theft for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estealing food. They put me in the care of an extremely tough children's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehome until the age of sixteen. Because of the problems in my early\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife, I never did smoke or drink and at the age of twenty-six, married\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy wife and we subsequently went into fostering and did it for many\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears along with our six children. We finally retired over forty-five\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears later. My experiences gave me a lot of insight and I felt that I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad a story that needed to be told, that's why I wrote my book; 'So you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethink you want to Foster.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739374817343,"sku":"9781638124467","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a56786dcb725a734bfff01b2bb9b8e95.webp?v=1765156445","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/so-you-think-you-want-to-foster-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}