Patricia O'Brien is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work.

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Making It in the ¿Free World¿

2. Establishing Home

3. From the Inside Out

4. Reconstructing Relationships

5. It Could Be Otherwise

Epilogue: Two Years Later

Appendix A: Research Design

Appendix B: Summary of Study Participants

Notes

References

Index