Troubled : a memoir of foster care, family, and social class / Rob Henderson.
"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 is adopted into a loving family, he hopes that life will finally be stable and safe. Divorce, tragedy, poverty, and violence mark 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 recalls 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"-- Front flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982168537
- ISBN: 1982168536
- Physical Description: xxi, 304 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Book edition
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2024.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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