For years, Kim's day job was a social worker to the home-bound elderly in Brooklyn Heights. Then she'd scramble into Manhattan to make her hostess shifts at Babbo, where even the Pope would have trouble scoring a reservation,...
Social workers
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Auteur:Reed, KimSommaire: - Auteur:Carew, D. B.Sommaire:
After barely surviving the events of The Killer Trail, Vancouver psychiatric social worker Chris Ryder once again finds himself at the centre of a high-profile murder case: Marvin Goodwin, a young man who falls on the extreme end of the...
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Auteur:Ungar, MichaelSommaire:Joey is not your typical social worker. He burns down houses to solve bureaucratic deadlocks, steals to get his clients bigger welfare cheques, and lies if it will help prevent his supervisor from intruding in the lives of his young...
- Auteur:Klune, TJ.Sommaire:
"Daniel Henning is a great narrator for this quirky and theatrical audiobook...Henning revels in a cornucopia of characters, diving into nuanced voices and colorful moments with accents and growls, tone shifts and whispers...This...
- Auteur:Klune, TJ.Sommaire:
A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER! A 2021 Alex Award winner! The 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Winner! An Indie Next Pick! One of Publishers Weekly 's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2020"...
- Auteur:Sherrod, Leslie J.Sommaire:
In her most chilling challenge yet, Sienna St. James believes she has come face to face with the terrorist responsible for the carnage in her hometown. Taking him on as a client in her therapy practice may be the only way to prove to...
- Auteur:Sylvestre, OlivierSommaire:
Après dix années passées dans l'antre de la bête, un intervenant nous ouvre la porte de son centre de répit pour toxicomanes, avec sa sonnette stridente et sa vitre pare-balles, sa lasagne, ses larmes et ses espoirs fous, malgré tout....
- Auteur:Sherrod, Leslie J.Sommaire:
While sorting out the painful details of her personal life, social worker Sienna St. James finds herself in the middle of a city-wide scandal involving a new teen client, a missing girl, two suspicious foster parents and a mega-church...
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Auteur:Gokhale, VeenaSommaire:Four strong women: Anjali, an Indo-Canadian single mother who eagerly accepts an African posting with her non-profit organization; Grace, her dedicated but dominating colleague, who opposes her; Fatimah, a farmer ousted from her home...
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Auteur:Ife, JimSommaire:Human Rights and Social Work explores how the principles of human rights inform contemporary social work practice. Both human rights and social work have traditionally been understood through the lens of an Enlightenment world view. Jim...
- Auteur:Benjamin, ChrisSommaire:
Demoralized by his job and dissatisfied with his life, Mark punches the clock with increasing indifference. He wanted to help people; he’d always believed that as social worker he would be able to make a difference in people’s lives....
- Auteur:Hannon, IreneSommaire:
When the harassing phone calls and bizarre "gifts" targeting Alison take a violent turn, her detective brother and his sidekick Mitch come to her aid. And as her relentless stalker turns up the heat, she and Mitch find themselves drawn...
- Auteur:Hernandez, CatherineSommaire:
The author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian tale about a near-future, where a queer Black performer and his allies join forces to rise up when an oppressive regime gathers those deemed "...
- Auteur:Sinclair, Raven, Carniol, Ben, Baines, Donna, Kennedy-Kish (Bell), BanakondaSommaire:
Social services are in crisis: after numerous service cuts, many of its jobs are now short-term, part-time and non-unionized, prompting us to ask why is there not a greater public outcry for helping people in need? This book applies...
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Auteur:Yalfani, MehriSommaire:A Palace in Paradise is a novel about the complex Iranian refugee and immigrant community in Toronto and the way in which one woman's death changes the lives of many others. The people in this community are connected by family ties...
