Helpful Score: 1
A fantastic book! Terribly insightful - the children that need the system the most are who we fail at protecting.
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.
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.
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.
