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They cage the animals at night

At the age of eight, the author began a three-year odyssey through a series of orphan asylums and foster homes, punctuated by episodes of living in the streets'a journey through a world of hostile strangers, abusive adults, and suspicious children.

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  • "They cage the animals at night"@th
  • "They cage the animals at night"

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  • "In 1949 the author's mother, unable to care for him, left him at a Brooklyn orphanage, and for the next three years he lived in institutions and foster homes. Finally he found caring people."
  • "At the age of eight, the author began a three-year odyssey through a series of orphan asylums and foster homes, punctuated by episodes of living in the streets'a journey through a world of hostile strangers, abusive adults, and suspicious children."@en
  • "Jenning Michael Burch, who at the age of eight painfully concluded love only meant loss. His lonely odyssey began one rainy day in Brooklyn when his mother, too sick to care for him, left him at an orphanage, saying only "I'll be right back.""@en
  • "Left by his incapacitated mother at a Catholic orphanage in Brooklyn, Burch describes his unhappy life as a foster child, experiences as a runaway, struggle for survival, growth of self-reliance, and triumph over loneliness."@en
  • ""One rainy day in Brooklyn, Jennings Michael Burch's mother, too sick to care for him, left him at an orphanage, saying only, "I'll be right back." She never returned. Shuttled through a series of bleak foster homes and institutions, he never remained in any of them long enough to make a friend. Instead, Jennings clung to a tattered stuffed animal, his sole source of warmth in a frightening world. This is the poignant story of his lost childhood. But it is also the triumphant tale of a little boy who finally gained the courage to reach out for love-and found it waiting for him."--Cover."@en
  • "A personal account of the author's experiences living in New York City orphanages and foster homes from 1949 until his reunion with his friend and guardian three years later."

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  • "Biographies"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
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  • "เด็กในกรง"
  • "子夜行"
  • "เ็ดกในกรง"
  • "Muñecos prohibidos"
  • "Muñecos prohibidos"@es
  • "They Cage The Animals At Night"
  • "They cage the animals at night"@en
  • "They cage the animals at night"
  • "Zi ye xing"
  • "Dēk nai krong"
  • "Dēk nai krong"@th

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