Hope's Boy: A Memoir | Andrew Bridge | Terrific book that is hard to put down!

Hope's Boy: A Memoir | Andrew Bridge | An Amazing Story

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Hope's Boy: A Memoir

	Hope's Boy: A Memoir Andrew Bridge Hodder Paperback, 2008 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 55 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Terrific book that is hard to put down!

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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An Amazing Story

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.

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Stunning and Beautiful...Tender and Heartbreaking

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.

Resilency

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.

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Interesting book but also raises some questions abouth author

This book was very interesting, and it was fascinating to learn more about foster care and the perspective of the foster child. What disturbed me, however, was the author's absolute lack of appreciation and/or affection for the foster parents who provided him a home for 11 years. They may have been eccentric, and may not have been ideal, but he doesn't suggest that they were abusive. They could have been more loving and more interested, but there was still good about these people that he never acknowledges. Ms. Leonard was a Holocaust survivor, and he talks about how she buries her pain with food. He also discusses how ill treated she is when she leaves the house. Yet Ms. Leonard still does so to attend his 6th grade graduation, where she is subsequently made fun of. Why is it that he can forgive all of Hope's many transgressions, including using her 5 yr. old to commit a robbery, but have no empathy for Ms. Leonard? The Leonards provided him a stable home with his basic needs met for over a decade- that was admirable and generous on their part. Someone should give them credit for it.

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