| Hope's Boy |  | Author: Andrew Bridge
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1439565
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
ISBN: 1401309747
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781401309749
ASIN: 1401309747
Publication Date: February 17, 2009 (In 124 Days)
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From a disastrous decade in foster care to Harvard Law School and beyond: this is the profoundly moving memoir of one boy who beat the system.
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 A BOOK THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Read this book and the way you think of young mothers and children will never be the same. The way you think of struggling families will never be the same. Your response to the latest newpaper headlines or television exposes on foster will change. Hope's Boy is a clear and couragous account of how much better we can do as a country to support and care for our fellow citizens. Modest and free of the self-promotion and self-pity that plagues so many books of struggle and triumph, Hope's Boy is a reminder of how much better we can and need to do as human beings -- a reminder that we live in a society and ought to have obligations to one another. READ THIS BOOK.
 Resilency October 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hope's Boy by Andrew Bridge is a remarkable and inspirational story of one child/ man's resilency in surviving ( and thriving) under America's foster care bureacracy. Andrew Bridge was that boy and he has gone on to not only achieve but never to forget his own childhood nightmares by advocating for children today.
Stunning and Beautiful...Tender and Heartbreaking October 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hope's Boy is the most courageous and beautifully written book that I have read in a very, very long time. The story challenges us all to do better for those around us and reminds us of the possibility for change and of a better world. Hope's Boy is a simply written story of never giving up, never forgetting the hope that we have in all of us.
EVERYONE OUGHT TO READ THIS BOOK.
An Amazing Story September 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a fan of PBS, particularly Tavis Smiley. It was on Tavis' show that I listened to Andrew Bridge talk about his story and his book. His comments were so genuine, so heartfelt, I couldn't get him out of my mind. Although I don't normally read memoirs, I knew I wanted to read his book.
I don't know much about foster care, but I do know about being adopted back when records were sealed and information was hidden. I suspected there may be some shared experiences and feelings between the two, and I was right. As I read Bridge's account, I was moved to tears many times when he said that he never forgot his mother and he never stopped loving her. He writes with such depth and feeling, but also with such simplicity and honesty about growing up in a foster family that may have shared space, but never shared love.
His story is one of triumph, over his circumstances, and over an uncaring system. He is now an advocate for children and for change, and I believe is a remarkable writer and human being. I could not recommend this book any higher, it is a masterpiece.
Terrific book that is hard to put down! September 11, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A wonderfully written book. I could hardly put it down. I enjoyed the book from the beginning until the end. This book has a message that isn't only about foster children, I think seniors should take heart. As I read the book I started to realize that my 90 year old mother who passed away last year experienced similar treatment by the social worker profession and it was a great challenge for me to deal with them over my mother's care. I think this book should not only be read by those interested in a very good read, or about by those who want to understand the plight of foster children, but also should be read by children of advanced age seniors to see how the social worker group functions.
A must read!
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