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A Very Famous Social Worker

A Very Famous Social Worker

A Very Famous Social Worker

Greg Johnson

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iUniverse
Año de edición:
2011
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Memorias
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9781450285483
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When Greg Johnson was interviewing for a job at a mental health center his interview was interrupted by a police officer with a naked woman in tow. 'I was looking for an adventure,' he says, 'and this looked like it.' In A Very Famous Social Worker the author recounts with insight and humor his experiences as a rookie social worker in West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley. His unlikely parade of clients include a preacher whose wildly rebellious children are threatening to bring down his ministry, a teenage underwear fetishist, a man obsessed with Dolly Parton, and a schizophrenic poet. He goes the extra mile, often literally, teaching a client to drive, transporting an inebriated musician to rehab, and navigating a winding country road with a three-tiered wedding cake. Engaging and entertaining, A Very Famous Social Worker sheds light on a profession practiced by 600,000 Americans that remains little known to the general public.

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