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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Hyperion Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-02-05 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 320 Ean: 9781401303228 Book Isbn: 1401303226  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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From the moment he was born, Andrew Bridge and his mother Hope shared a love so deep that it felt like nothing else mattered. Trapped in desperate poverty and confronted with unthinkable tragedies, all Andrew ever wanted was to be with his mom. But as her mental health steadily declined, and with no one else left to care for him, authorities arrived and tore Andrew from his screaming mother's arms. In that moment, the life he knew came crashing down around him. He was only seven years old. Hope was institutionalized, and Andrew was placed in what would be his devastating reality for the next eleven years--foster care. After surviving one of our country's most notorious children's facilities, Andrew was thrust into a savagely loveless foster family that refused to accept him as one of their own. Deprived of the nurturing he needed, Andrew clung to academics and the kindness of teachers. All the while, he refused to surrender the love he held for his mother in his heart. Ultimately, Andrew earned a scholarship to Wesleyan, went on to Harvard Law School, and became a Fulbright Scholar. Andrew has dedicated his life's work to helping children living in poverty and in the foster care system. He defied the staggering odds set against him, and here in this heartwrenching, brutally honest, and inspirational memoir, he reveals who Hope's boy really is. |
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 Written on June 8, 2008 Summary: A Read for Anyone Who Works with Children Andrew Bridge has written an extraordinary memoir about our country's most vulnerable women and children. Anyone who works with children and families or cares about what we need to do to help them should read this book. Written on June 7, 2008 Summary: Wow... I am so glad that I read this book... What a story. What a life. This book tells a page-turning story of love, loss, struggle, courage, survival, and incredible strength. It is a story of how a young man became intimately, personally, brutally aware of the flawed system that reared him, and how through his own strength and increased understanding sought to fight against it. A haunting and moving story... A real call to awareness and action... A definite must read. Written on June 7, 2008 Summary: memories After reading the "Hope's Boy" book bonus in Reader's Digest I was able to meet the author at a B&N signing. His honesty, sincerity and deep love for his mother made me want to read more. "Hope's Boy" was hard to put down. I, too, have many vivid memories of my childhood. Unlike Andrew, my memories are of a big family and happy times. It breaks my heart to think of the children with memories of separation, loneliness and fright. Good luck to Mr. Bridge as he works with the childcare system.  Written on June 4, 2008 Summary: Not enough storyline to keep me interested I listened to this audiobook on CD and had high hopes. It started off well but it soon became to focused on meaningless details (ie "she was wearing a light blue, ribbed turtle neck shirt") when the author was only 5 or 6. This type of detail became annoying and seemed to be more important than actually putting any meat into the story. With the lack of any captivating story line follow I bailed after the third chapter. Written on June 4, 2008 Summary: another memoir that just doesn't line up for me 1. Why didn't the state of Calif. place Andy back with his grandmother like they did 2 year before when his mother, Hope, was arrested and sentenced to prison? "I was not quite four years old when I was sent to live with my grandmother, who had moved to Chicago." "She [Hope] went to prison and then she got out and asked for me back. And my grandmother very reluctantly sent - put me on a plane." So why isn't this GM keeping track of her daughter and Grandson she so reluctantly gave up? And why is it when she does contact him after *eight years* she doesn't offer him a home? Why doesn't Andy ask his GM, since he's got her there on the phone or in a letter, if he can come back and live with her? Why didn't he ask his Social worker if he could be placed BACK with his GM at the very first??? 2. What happened to Hopes brother? Andrews Uncle? 3. How is it that a 5, 6, 7, 8 yr old can remember whole detailed conversations he had with others. Or conversations other people had. Down to facial expressions, body language, what they were eating, doing etc.. EVERY LAST DETAIL. Day to day events, everyday. I mean it's like he's got his whole life on film with sound. How can that be? Does Mr. Bridge claim to have total recall? "Lots of people claim to have a photographic memory, but nobody actually does." [...] 4. Why is it that EVERYONE in this book is bad, rude, cruel. EVERYBODY he ever meets, treats him badly. That's no exaggeration I'm on page 213 and so far there's not a soul (except for the old woman who gave him cookies) who doesn't treat him bad. Even perfect strangers. What's the chance of that ? 5. His foster family the Leonards are weirdos of course. Mrs. Leonards was holocaust survivor. Came out when she was 12. Came to the U.S. when 16y/o Her children are 10, 12, 14. Andrew is 8. When exactly was Andrew born? I don't remember any dates being given. Mr. Leonards is an electrical engineer with some defense contractor so he makes good money YET, according to Andrew, would root thru peoples garbage at night scavenging stuff to sell. Mrs L would take old snagged panty hose, cut out the snagged leg at the crotch and tape a good leg from another pair on and sell them!!!! WHAT? They raised and butcher rabbits in the backyard until the neighbors threatened. Just all kinds of bizarre stuff. 6. There was an endless parade of foster kids in and out of the Leonards. One, Lindsey, arrived in a full body cast. Her father was raping her regularly and when she told a teacher "he beat her with a bat, breaking her arms, legs ribs, and back, but leaving her skull intact." What was she doing there and not in a hospital???? "The county allowed her father to visit, as long as he stayed ten feet from her." Wouldn't the father be in JAIL?? Wouldn't there be a restraining order? Would any court allow visitation in this circumstance? And it goes on and on. Like I said, I'm on page 213. 90 more to go. I don't believe Mr. Bridge. Just like I don't believe Augusten Burroughs and his seemingly endless bizarre biography. Nor Mary Karr - The Liars' Club. And a few other "memoirs". |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2008-02-05 | 2008-10-07 | 2008-02-26 | 2008-02-05 | 2008-02-19 | 2008-01-08 |
| Media | Hardcover | Paperback | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 320 | 288 | 326 | 256 | 336 | 320 |
| Ean | 9781401303228 | 9780743291095 | 9780618683352 | 9780061430237 | 9781416913627 | 9781416948063 |
| Book Isbn | 1401303226 | 0743291093 | 0618683356 | 0061430234 | 1416913629 | 1416948066 |
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