In this memoir, Ashley recounts some of the horrors and delights of her experience being separated from her mother, her time in foster care, and her adoption process almost ten years later. Parts of her story are sickening, like when she tells about the abuse of some of her foster parents. Other parts are heartwarming, like the love and from her grandfather's girlfriend, Adele. At the beginning, and really most of the middle, I did not like reading this book because of how sad the story is. Beyond just the events of Ashley's life, I take this memoir as a testimony of what foster care can be like, and it is not pretty. However, Rhodes-Courter is a success story and her novel is a triumph, so the last third of the book was gripping.
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