Book review : Fulcher, L, and Moran, A. (2003). Sisters of pain: An ethnography of young women living in secure care. Cape Town: CYC-Net Press, 262 pp., ISBN 978-1- 928212-01-0

Dearie, Carole (2015) Book review : Fulcher, L, and Moran, A. (2003). Sisters of pain: An ethnography of young women living in secure care. Cape Town: CYC-Net Press, 262 pp., ISBN 978-1- 928212-01-0. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 14 (3). ISSN 1478-1840

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Abstract

The title, Sisters of Pain, invites the reader from the onset to be aware that the content of this book will not be a good choice for bedtime or holiday reading. Leon Fulcher and Aliese Moran take us on a journey into the lives of young women who spent time within a secure facility in the USA, and the voices of the girls who share their stories is without doubt powerful and thought provoking. I approached reading this book through the lens of a practitioner/manager within a secure facility, but I was only too aware that a professional perspective was not to be in isolation of a personal one and this will be reflected in the review.

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