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Book Synopsis
The Kindness of Strangers takes a hard, realistic look at mentoring while offering a vivid portrayal of the mentoring movement and how ordinary citizens in cities across America are trying to turn young lives around.

Table of Contents
1. A Call to Action
2. Great Expectations
3. Recurring Fervor
4. Birth of a Movement
5. The Benefits of Mentoring
6. The Limits of Mentoring
7. Making the Most of Mentoring
8. Closing the Caring Gap
9. Re-engaging the Middle Class
10. Reinventing Community

The Kindness of Strangers: Adult Mentors, Urban

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 4 September 1993
      ISBN-13 9781555425579
      978-1555425579
      ISBN-10 1555425577
      Also in:
      Age groups: adolescents Charities and philanthropy Child welfare and youth services

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Kindness of Strangers takes a hard, realistic look at mentoring while offering a vivid portrayal of the mentoring movement and how ordinary citizens in cities across America are trying to turn young lives around.

      Table of Contents
      1. A Call to Action
      2. Great Expectations
      3. Recurring Fervor
      4. Birth of a Movement
      5. The Benefits of Mentoring
      6. The Limits of Mentoring
      7. Making the Most of Mentoring
      8. Closing the Caring Gap
      9. Re-engaging the Middle Class
      10. Reinventing Community

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