They Cage the Animals at Night (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jennings Michael Burch
- First Published: 1984
- Time of Work: 1949–1952
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Jennings Michael Burch, Rita Catherine Hogan Burch, Walter, Sal, Martha
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Children, Adolescence, Autobiography, Abandoned children, Child abuse, Loneliness, Orphans or orphanages
- Locales: New York, NY
Form and Content
The life of eight-year-old Jennings Michael Burch changed the rainy day in 1949 when his mother, Rita Catherine Hogan Burch, took him to a strange place in Brooklyn and told him, “I’ll be right back.” For the next four years, Burch spent most of his time in a series of orphanages and foster homes with only a few brief interludes when he was able to live with his mother and five brothers. In his autobiography, They Cage the Animals at Night, Burch again becomes a child and recalls his life during those years.
Burch begins his first-person,...
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