Edited by Roberta J. Apfel and Bennett Simon. 244 pp. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 1996. $30. ISBN 0-300-06570-1.
This is a splendid book about the most awful things a childcan experience, in places such as South Africa, the PersianGulf, and inner-city America. Its authors articulately describeevents whose effects would seem to defy any attempt at treatment.How can a young boy survive the beheading of his parents inMozambique? How can a Vietnamese child deal with the loss ofhis parents when a representative of his culture states that"we do not discuss such things"? And what future is there foradolescents who routinely witness murders and beatings in theghettos of our major cities? . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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