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Kimmic (814 KP) rated A Long Way from Home in Books

Jan 22, 2019  
A Long Way from Home
A Long Way from Home
Cathy Glass | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.0 (4 Ratings)
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It's a grueling one (0 more)
A true story of a 2 year old girl who was adopted by what appeared to be 2 loving parents who travelled half way across the world to be with her... and yet the young girl somehow ends up in foster care with Cathy Glass?

This is the story of what happened to the young girl during her time in a neglected orphanage and how it had effected her now she was in a loving home.
  
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ClareR (5561 KP) rated My Name is Why in Books

Oct 29, 2019  
My Name is Why
My Name is Why
Lemn Sissay | 2019 | Biography
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9.0 (2 Ratings)
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If you can read this book and NOT get angry whilst doing so, then you’re a better person than me. My Name is Why is Lemn Sissay’s true story of his life in the English Care system. His Ethiopian mother handed her son into the care of Social Services whilst she finished her nursing course, only to have him permanently taken away and put in to long term foster care. She wrote letters begging for his return from after his birth, all to no avail. This was the start of a catalogue of failures for Lemn. The way his foster parents treated him after they basically abandoned him at the age of 12, putting him in to the care system and a series of unsuitable group homes, frustrated me to the point of tears. What was most upsetting was the complete lack of emotional support. He wasn’t treated as a child, a child who needed affection and emotional support, but as a problem to be solved. It seemed to me that his childhood was just a countdown until social services could get rid of him from off their books.

I’m so glad that Lemn wrote this book, because I’m sure that it speaks for all those children and adults who experienced life in care. And I hope that the right people read this: those who take care of all of those children. I’m full of admiration for Lemn Sissay and all of the work that he does: his poetry, his broadcasting, and the work that he does for care leavers at his Christmas dinners. I will have been to watch Lemn three times: heard him read his poetry, his one man play, and the third time will be when I see him talk about this book at my local library/ theatre/ cinema (Storyhouse in Chester, UK). And to be quite honest, he always inspires me whenever I see him. This is an inspirational book too - against the odds, Lemn has made something (quite a big something actually) of his life.
This is a wonderful book that I’d recommend all human beings to read.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2067 KP) rated You're Next in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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You're Next
Gregg Hurwitz | 2011
8
8.0 (3 Ratings)
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Mike Wingate grew up in foster care, not even knowing his real last name. But as an adult he's going to need to figure out his past quickly because someone is out to kill him for it. What secret does his family hold? I felt this thriller was pretty slow getting going, but once it did, it was another roller coaster ride of action.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-youre-next-by-gregg-hurwitz.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.