Sad, shocking, and truthful, In the Care of Strangers chronicles one Coast Salish woman's struggle through events all too common among a people who have been separated from their culture and their language. From her experiences as a thirteen-year-old drug dealer, a fifteen-year-old parent, and finally an award-winning writer, artist, and filmmaker, Jenn Ashton has survived it all, from abuse to early involvement in the criminal justice system. Based on her teenage journals and fifty years of lived experience, In the Care of Strangers documents a long journey home to acceptance and understanding.