"I Would Be Loved" ebook by: Linda Falkner
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ISBN 1-58939-188-8. $6.00. Ebook in pdf format delivered via email. In the early 1990s, at the peak of the crack cocaine epidemic, the author, Linda Falkner, became a foster parent. Most of her children were infants who had been exposed to alcohol and drugs. Trying to help these children fit into her home, and the world, was only the beginning of the challenges she and her family faced. I Would Be Loved is about kids who were damaged by drugs, alcohol, abuse, and by the system meant to protect them. The older foster children had been emotionally, physically, and often sexually abused. One foster child, a girl named Pixie, came to live with the Falkner family after leaving foster care at eighteen. She had grown up in hundreds of foster homes and was severely mentally ill. Pixie lived with the Falkner's, on and off, for ten years. In that time, they taught her many life skills, and tried to let her know that she is loved -- but that was the hardest lesson of all for her to learn. I Would Be Loved is Pixie's story as much as it is Linda's. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Linda Falkner was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on New Year's Eve. As a child, she wrote poems and stories and decided to become an author. She read a great deal in high school, but never what the teachers assigned, and thus surprised her parents by not only graduating high school but earning a Bachelor's degree in Speech Therapy and later a Master's degree in Mental Health and Rehabilitation Counseling. After college, Linda joined the Milwaukee Deaf Club, where she met her husband and learned American Sign Language. She worked with disabled children for years until, looking for a change, she ran away with the carnival. Eventually she settled down, got married, and raised children -- many more than she actually gave birth to. She is presently living in Florida with her teenaged son and completing her second book, Americans Lost. Login to review this product