Etched in sand : a true story of five siblings who survived an unspeakable childhood on Long Island
by Calcaterra, Regina (Author)
Summary
Calcaterra and her siblings endured a series of foster homes and intermittent homelessness in the shadow of the Hamptons. She managed to rise above her past while fighting to keep her brother and three sisters together. An unforgettable reminder that, regardless of social status, the American dream... Full description
- Prologue
- Bitten bones
- Building sand castles
- And then there were three
- Breaking pact
- Failure to thrive
- Houses of sand
- Keeping pact
- Empty emancipation
- Out of Idaho
- Aging out
- The happy house
- A child at any age
- Beacons of light
- Epilogue.