The Way Home: 2a Child Therapist Looks at the Inner Lives of City Children

The psychic toll of homelessness on both the homeless and the ``homeful'' is the subtext of this gentle account of a New York City social worker's practice. Koplow ( Where Rag Dolls Hide Their Faces ) is in private practice but also works at private and public day care programs; the differing settings provide an interesting counterpoint. She explores the deeper meaning of a young patient's fear of the homeless. She writes empathetically of the struggles of a homeless mother to gain a home and self-esteem. While Koplow is open about her own unhappiness at living in the midst of the city's homeless, an even fuller expression of her personal responses would have given this account greater depth. (Dec.)