children of prisoners

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children of prisoners

Coping when a parent is in jail

1994
Discusses how to deal with problems common to children of incarcerated parents.

Moll Flanders

2009
Having been abandoned at birth in London's Newgate prison, Moll Flanders uses her disreputable skills in order to survive in the corrupt society of eighteenth-century England. However, eventually Moll arrives in America and finds her fortune there. Includes a glossary of historic terminology.

Everything you need to know when a parent is in jail

1993
Discusses through text and photographs what it's like for a child to have a parent in jail and how to find support for emotional needs.

Back roads

2001
Harley Altmyer, left to raise his three younger sisters when his once-devoted mother is sent to prison, is struggling along just fine until he meets and becomes obsessed with the sexy, melancholic mother of two who lives down the road.

The third life of Grange Copeland

2003
A black tenant farmer flees Georgia for the North. Years later, he returns home to face his wife's death, his son's imprisonment, and a last chance at personal salvation.

The night dad went to jail

what to expect when someone you love goes to jail
2012

All alone in the world

children of incarcerated parents
2005
Explores the lives of children whose parents are under criminal justice supervision, whether in prison, on probation, or on parole, focusing on the lasting impact their parents' incarceration has on their child's future.

Loving through bars

children with parents in prison
2005
Presents the plights of an estimated 2.3 million children who have an incarcerated parent, as told through the stories of actual cases.

The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders

2005
Presents Daniel Defoe's eighteenth-century novel about a woman born in Newgate prison who becomes an infamous prostitute and thief in both England and the American colonies.

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