For The Sake Of The Children

For The Sake Of The Children (1987) by June Rose – Sold by Crappy Old Books

Before “child protection” was a household term, June Rose was already asking the hard questions. For The Sake Of The Children is a sobering, intelligent, and deeply researched investigation into the tangled web of Britain’s child welfare system during the late 20th century. First published in 1987, this book drags policy out of the filing cabinet and into the real world—where broken families, struggling institutions, and well-meaning interventions don’t always add up to happy endings.

Rose, a seasoned journalist and biographer, dives headfirst into case histories, courtrooms, and care homes to explore what really happens when the state steps in to protect the young. With clear-eyed empathy and zero sugar-coating, she examines how political shifts, social attitudes, and systemic failures collide over the lives of vulnerable children.

Condition: Gently battered with the weight of righteous outrage. A few tea stains and the faint smell of 1980s office carpet. Still absolutely readable—unlike some of the social services reports it critiques.

Crappy Old Books: Where forgotten voices still have something urgent to say.

Ex-library book. Has plastic protective outer. Was lent out 15 times bwtween 1987 and 1991.

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