Need help writing a book review

The Glass Castle: By Jeannette Walls

The Beautiful Struggle: By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic : By Martha Beck

Choose one of this list of three books to answer the flowing questions:

·  Summary of the book

What happened? Who was involved? Where and when did the events depicted take place? Identify the individual, family, and group memberships of the primary characters and social institutions that are involved in the story.

·  Summary of the social issues presented

What are the individual, family, and larger social issues/problems being faced by the primary characters and social institutions depicted in the book? What put the primary characters at risk for experiencing this social issue/problem? What historical, environmental, social, economic, and cultural contexts are influencing the primary characters and their experiences?

·  Analysis of the decision-making process and resolution planning

What steps in the decision-making process were depicted by the primary characters? How did the characters engage with each other and with other social institutions? Critique the need, access, availability, and use of resources by the primary characters. What individual, family, and community barriers and supports to resolution of the social problems were depicted? Were the issues resolved? If so, how?

·  Critical reflection

Select one of the primary characters depicted in this book; if given the opportunity, what could he or she have done differently?