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Troubled : A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson (2024, Hardcover)

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Explore the complex realities of foster care and social class with "Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class" by Rob Henderson. This hardcover book delves into the author's personal experiences and the intricate dynamics of sociology, psychology, and personal memoirs. With 336 pages of gripping content, this book is perfect for anyone interested in the realities of foster care and social disparity. Get your copy today and be inspired to make a difference in your community.

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PublisherGallery Books

ISBN-101982168536

ISBN-139781982168537

eBay Product ID (ePID)10061251778

Product Key Features

Book TitleTroubled : a Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSocial Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Social Psychology

Publication Year2024

GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology

AuthorRob Henderson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-008344

Reviews"Rob Henderson had an incredibly challenging upbringing--raised as a foster kid in circumstances most children (thankfully) never know. His educational achievements are extraordinary. What's more extraordinary is that he's a keen observer of both the world he came from and the world he now inhabits. He has learned the importance of family despite never having one of his own, and he delivers that message in a gripping way. Read this book. It will challenge both your heart and mind. A rare feat." --J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, "A memoir of hardscrabble living, from foster care to the Air Force to Yale.... [Henderson] traces the contours of his remarkable and often-harrowing life, starting with his abandonment by his birth parents after serious mistreatment.... poignantly describ[ing] his rocky journey through numerous foster homes.... Shrewd on the narrowness and hypocrisy of elites... [he] is at his best in the frank observations about his trip up the 'American status ladder'.... A blunt story about overcoming adversity." -- Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal362.733092

SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER One of The Economist 's Best Books of the Year! In this "affecting...intriguing...heartbreaking" ( Booklist) coming-of-age memoir, Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities, and pioneering the concept of "luxury beliefs"--ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class while inflicting costs on the less fortunate. 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. But divorce, tragedy, poverty, and violence marked his adolescent and teen years, propelling Henderson to join the military upon completing high school. A "vivid, insightful, poignant, and powerful" (Nicholas A. Christakis, author of Blueprint ) 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. 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.

LC Classification NumberHV881.H46 2024