Friday, May 16, 2014
Book Review - Hope's Boy
Andy Bridge lived with his grandmother until his mother
reclaimed him, when Andy was kindergarten-aged. He lived with his mother for a
couple years, but was taken into foster care around age 6 when she was no
longer able to control her mental illnesses. Hope’s Boy is Bridge’s journey into, through, and out of foster
care. Hope’s Boy captures an important
truth about kids in foster care – and about parents who lose kids to foster
care – failures and love are not mutually exclusive. Parents who cannot raise
their children still love them, and kids who have been failed, abused or
neglected by their parents often still love those parents. Andy Bridge emancipated
from foster care, became a lawyer, and now advocates for the rights of children
in foster care. Hope’s Boy is an inspiring,
challenging look at one kid’s experience in the Los Angeles County foster care
system. Perhaps it’s particularly interesting to me because of the work that I
do (foster care adoption) and the place I live (Los Angeles county), but I
think the book will interest most of the readers of this site. Recommended for foster parents and prospective
foster parents.
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