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" A powerful glimpse into the trauma and abuse that forces young people to run to the streets.Their stories are a call for action to libraries, government, youth agencies, universities, parents, and volunteers to work together to solve this national problem.”” —Pam Sandlian Smith, Public Library Association 

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 "Provide a bravo launch for Over the Peanut Fence, a book about scaling barriers for homeless and runaway youth. Currently available on Amazon in paperback ($14.99) and Kindle ($6.99) versions. Over the Peanut Fence will find its way to bookstores and other e-sites internationally in approximately two weeks. By purchasing today and commenting on Amazon's web site, you will build a following of people committed to solving a critical societal problem. Help get the snowball rolling. To purchase go to AMAZON 

Over the Peanut Fence is an emotional look at traumatized youth, leaders and volunteers who work diligently to help them overcome barriers that forced them to the streets. It represents a four year search to discover why some adolescents are able to over come abusive childhoods while others can not. Over the Peanut Fence shares the results of my queries. You will,

• Read emotional stories about those who succeeded overcoming trauma caused by childhood abuse.
• Gain an understanding of the causes of youth homelessness.
• Meet Good Samaritans who work diligently to help distressed youth succeed.
• Learn about the adolescents brain and current interventions that are used to help them scale barriers.
• Discover what you and the greater society can do to help.

What others say:

". . . The author's account is lucidly written, both intellectually thorough and emotionally affecting. In addition, this isn't a work of ax-grinding political partisanship-Eichinger prefers cool-headed analysis to grandstanding. Further, at the heart of her "part memoir and part storybook" is a profound reflection on the ailing condition of American society, withering from the widespread disintegration of the family and the grim plague of "lovelessness." Kirkus Reviews

 ". . . Our country has left a trail of suffering in our well intentioned pursuit of "democracy" in foreign lands; our nation pretends not to see the homelessness on our doorstep, save to complain about it. This stunning book requires you to ask what you can do to help turn trauma into something better. Jack Segal, Consul General of the U.S. (ret.), Chief Political Adviser to NATO's Commander in Afghanistan

 ". . .Eichinger has woven her personal narrative and research together with her experience as a science center director to make recommendations for those of us who wonder about the people we see with all of their belongings closely held in parks and other public spaces. I share her confidence in the importance of kinesthetic (hands-on) learning as an alternative for those for whom reading is a challenge. " Phyllis Katz, Ph.D. Science Education, Associate University of Maryland, Founder Hands on Science ProgramAssociate at University of Maryland