Troubled
A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
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Rob Henderson
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Rob Henderson
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities - and what he learnt from seeing life from both sides of the tracks.
Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met, ultimately shuttling between ten different foster homes in California. When he was adopted into a loving family, he hoped that life would finally be stable and safe. He was wrong: tragedy, poverty and violence marked his adolescent years.
An unflinching portrait of shattered families, desperation, and determination, Troubled recounts how Henderson eventually managed to find an escape route through the military, which led to an academic career at Yale and Cambridge. As he reflects on the fate of many of his friends - drugs, death, prison - Henderson never escapes the feeling of being on the outside looking in, or a sense that his academic achievements are hollow compared to the love and protection that comes from stable family life. He dissects the hypocrisies of contemporary social class and shows how the most privileged among us benefit from a set of 'luxury beliefs' that actively harm the most vulnerable.
Honest biography
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Compelling honest thought provoking auto biography and social analysis
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Worth the harrowing story
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It demonstrates that the absence of affection, stability and good role models reduces them to the worst they can be and only strong will, determination and innate intelligence on their part can make them the best of themselves.
I hope Rob Henderson's book will provide hope for many people who are disadvantaged and give their carers a valuable insight into how hopelessness breeds criminality and mayhem.
A very good read.
Eye opening and tear jerking
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Outstanding book. Excellent Memoir
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