Just Another Door

A Foster Care Story Based on True Events

Dr Sharon Zaffarese-Dippold

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Zeet Publishing
07 July 2025

Memoirs; Violence in society; Child abuse; Adoption & fostering; Coping with personal problems

Series: Garbage Bay Life

Anna Snow is still going through the revolving doors of foster care, constantly changing schools and moving from place to place with nothing more than her garbage bag of meager possessions. Her brother is still lost to her somewhere else in the system. In one home, when she tries to defend her foster sister from sexual abuse, the blames fall on her and her foster sister instead

New paths are opening before Anna, but none of them are smooth. Will any of them be the road that finally leads her home? Then someone new comes into her life. Or rather, someone from the past returns when the path is laid for her to return to her birth mother. Is she ready for a reconciliation with a woman she's never met?

In this fifth book in the ""Garbage Bag Life"" series Anna is passing through one front door after another, only to find them constantly slammed in her face and being rejected.

By: Dr Sharon Zaffarese-Dippold
Imprint: Zeet Publishing
Volume: 5
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 268g
ISBN: 9798991138031
Series: Garbage Bay Life
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 07 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Sharon Zaffarese-Dippold's writing comes from her own lived experiences as a child who experienced multiple foster care and family placement moves involving all forms of childhood abuse and trauma. Dr. Dippold attended approximately ten or more schools during her formative years as she moved from place to place. In spite of that, she earned a Bachelor in Social Work, a Masters in Social Work, and earned her PhD in Human Services from Capella University with a concentration in Human Behavior/Counseling Studies.Her Doctoral Dissertation was published in 2016, The Lived Experience Of Former Foster Children Who Had to Move Their Belongings In Garbage Bags. A public speaker and trainer on foster care topics related to her story, her experience with bullying led her to create ""INAM- It's Not About Me,"" an anti-bullying program that she presents in the school systems to deflect the impact of being bullied on children.Dr. Zaffarese-Dippold lives in Saint Mary's, Pennsylvania, with her husband, where she enjoys spending time with her children and grand-children. For motivational speaking, book signings, or training events, please contact Dr.Dippold@gmail.com or ZeeTPublishing@gmail.com.