“Rowe rips the Band-Aid off the ugly wound that is the American foster care system in this searing j’accuse.… A powerful indictment of a child welfare system seemingly designed to ‘pump out’ adults ‘ill-equipped’ to flourish.”
"Essential for anyone concerned with child welfare, social justice, and the transformative power of seminal and groundbreaking studies....Expertly well written, impressively organized, emotionally and intellectually engaging, eloquently presented, "Wards of the State" is unreservedly recommended."
