Troubled : a memoir of foster care, family, and social class / Rob Henderson.
2024
HV 881 .H46 2024
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Title
Troubled : a memoir of foster care, family, and social class / Rob Henderson.
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Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781982168537 (hardcover)
1982168536 (hardcover)
9781982168551 (electronic book)
1982168536 (hardcover)
9781982168551 (electronic book)
Published
New York [New York] : Gallery Books, February 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Language
English
Description
xxi, 304 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
HV 881 .H46 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.73/30973
Summary
"Rob Henderson, a doctoral candidate in social psychology at Cambridge, reflects on his childhood in foster care, how he narrowly escaped a broken system, and the only hope for disenfranchised kids across America: family"-- Provided by publisher.
"Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met, ultimately shuttling between ten different foster homes in California. When he was adopted into a loving family, he hoped that life would finally be stable and safe. Divorce, tragedy, poverty, and violence marked his adolescent and teen years, propelling Henderson to join the military upon completing high school. An unflinching portrait of shattered families, desperation, and determination, 'Troubled' recounts Henderson's expectation-defying young life and juxtaposes his story with those of his friends who wound up incarcerated or killed. He retreads the steps and missteps he took to escape the drama and disorder of his youth. As he navigates the peaks and valleys of social class, Henderson finds that he remains on the outside looking in. His greatest achievements--a military career, an undergraduate education from Yale, a PhD from Cambridge--feel like hollow measures of success. He argues that stability at home is more important than external accomplishments, and he illustrates the ways the most privileged among us benefit from a set of social standards that actively harm the most vulnerable."-- Publisher's website, viewed on April 10, 2024.
"Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met, ultimately shuttling between ten different foster homes in California. When he was adopted into a loving family, he hoped that life would finally be stable and safe. Divorce, tragedy, poverty, and violence marked his adolescent and teen years, propelling Henderson to join the military upon completing high school. An unflinching portrait of shattered families, desperation, and determination, 'Troubled' recounts Henderson's expectation-defying young life and juxtaposes his story with those of his friends who wound up incarcerated or killed. He retreads the steps and missteps he took to escape the drama and disorder of his youth. As he navigates the peaks and valleys of social class, Henderson finds that he remains on the outside looking in. His greatest achievements--a military career, an undergraduate education from Yale, a PhD from Cambridge--feel like hollow measures of success. He argues that stability at home is more important than external accomplishments, and he illustrates the ways the most privileged among us benefit from a set of social standards that actively harm the most vulnerable."-- Publisher's website, viewed on April 10, 2024.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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OT 699 NC1 by Hape, Kristi (Fall 2024)
Table of Contents
Preface
Until your heart explodes
The parent trap
Burnout
No matter where you end up
Little boy
Stray dogs
What's expected of you
Potentially deleterious effects
Who is GI Bill, GI Joe's brother?
Problem child
Luxury beliefs
Twistable turnable man.
Until your heart explodes
The parent trap
Burnout
No matter where you end up
Little boy
Stray dogs
What's expected of you
Potentially deleterious effects
Who is GI Bill, GI Joe's brother?
Problem child
Luxury beliefs
Twistable turnable man.