Book 13 Jan 2009 04:07 pm
Hope’s Boy
This was a very powerful autobiography by Andrew Bridge. I found that reading it in half-hour bursts worked the best for me. Each chapter was more shocking and horrific than the last. Not because shocking and horrific things were happening to Andy (though sometimes yes) but because the foster care system is such crap.
Andrew Bridge is taken from his mother due to her mental illness. He becomes a permanent foster child to a family and eventually graduated from Harvard Law School. This biography was phenomenal. If you have any interest in foster care you should read this. If you have any interest in reading the story of one boy who was able to succeed despite innumerable odds, you should read this.
Pretty much everyone should read this.
Related items
