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It's fall which means it is time to cozy up with a book! This month we are reading The Child Catcher by Andrew Bridge AND we'll be hosting a virtual meet and greet discussion with the author!

The CASA/GAL book club is open to the community, so please help spread the word to your fellow readers and invite them to join. The first 30 registrants will receive a FREE copy of the book (pick up in the CASA office).

Andrew Bridge’s bestselling memoir, Hope’s Boy, told the story of his survival after he was taken from his mother, who struggled with schizophrenia, and was left to foster care. Bridge was first confined at one of our country’s most notorious children’s institutions, MacLaren Hall. Now, in The Child Catcher, he chronicles his role in the longest-running, most bitterly fought mental health lawsuit in American history. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Bridge joined the small team of civil rights lawyers representing the children of the Eufaula Adolescent Center, a violent and secretive institution in the rural South, against the State of Alabama.