A fantastic book! Terribly insightful - the children that need the system the most are who we fail at protecting.

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I was expecting so much more from this book based on the reviews and the press I'd read. Even while reading this book, I watched a couple of interviews with the author and found that I liked him very much and wanted to feel more for his story. Perhaps it was because I listened to this book instead of reading it, but it felt very unemotional to me. Of course, I could tell that this was a childhood filled with loneliness and pain, but it did not translate through the writing and certainly not through the monotone narration of the reader of this audio book (David Drummond). I found gaping holes that begged to be filled throughout the story, that never did get reconciled to my satisfaction. I found it a boring and lacking in emotion throughout. This is one of those books I wish I had read instead of listened to. Maybe I'll give it another shot if my pile 'o books ever dwindles.

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Not what I expected, but not a bad story. I think he focused a lot on putting down the family who took him in and kept him for his whole time in foster care. Worth the listen.

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Interesting, yet boring. This is the story of Andy Bridge's life in foster care. This book was long winded and I found myself ready to be done with it halfway through, but I kept reading to find out what happened to him. I would not read this book again.

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