Social issues firsthand

This anthology presents sixteen narratives on adopted children, their birth mothers, and their adopted parents and discusses the problems involved in adoptions.

Behind policy debate over welfare reform, AIDS funding and hate crime laws are people -- people struggling with poverty, illness and discrimination. Each anthology in this series presents a diverse collection of personal narratives written by individuals with first-hand experience in the topic being discussed, either as a participant, a witness or an involved professional. Terrorism, for example, includes the perspectives of terrorists, victims, families...

A series of essays written either by people struggling with alcohol or drug addiction or by those close to them discuss what it means to be addicted and the emotional toll of addiction.

Presents a series of narrative essays from a variety of viewpoints, discussing the personal experiences of people who were diagnosed with cancer and family and friends of cancer patients.