
Someone Has Led This Child to Believe
A Memoir
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Regina Louise
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Regina Louise
“Revealing and much needed.” (Booklist)
In this unflinching, unforgettable memoir, Regina Louise tells the true story of overcoming neglect in the US foster-care system. Drawing on her experience as one of society’s abandoned children, she tells how she emerged from the cruel, unjust system, not only to survive, but to flourish. After years of jumping from one fleeting, often abusive home to the next, Louise meets a counselor named Jeanne Kerr. For the first time in her young life, Louise knows what it means to be seen, wanted, understood, and loved. After Kerr tries unsuccessfully to adopt Louise, the two are ripped apart - seemingly forever - and Louise continues her passage through the cold cinder-block landscape of a broken system, enduring solitary confinement, overmedication, and the actions of adults who seem hell-bent on convincing her that she deserves nothing, that she is nothing.
But instead of losing her will to thrive, Louise remains determined to achieve her dream of a higher education. After she ages out of the system, Louise is thrown into adulthood and, haunted by her trauma, struggles to finish school, build a career, and develop relationships. As she puts it, it felt impossible “to understand how to be in the world”.
Eventually, Louise learns how to confront her past and reflect on her traumas. She starts writing, quite literally, a new future for herself, a new way to be. Louise weaves together raw, sometimes fragmented memories, excerpts from real documents from her case file, and elegant reflections to tell the story of her painful upbringing and what came after. The result is a rich, engrossing account of one abandoned girl’s efforts to find her place in the world, people to love, and people to love her back.
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💜great story. great narration...loved it
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Here to, in this audio version of her second memoir— I have made a connection as palpable as though I were standing eye-to-eye with her.
“Someone Has Led This Child to Believe”, isn’t just for those represented by their fostercare journey; but for anyone who has faced challenges and is interested in how to navigate a supposedly nothing existence into a profound possibility: this is the book for you.
Astonishing
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What I truly disliked was the narration. Every time the reader left and came back, it was very evident. The storyteller herself had a number of different accents as she narrated the story, and different volumes, as well. It kind of seemed schizophrenic...! I also have a difficult time believing that anyone she knew had some of the crazy accents and attitudes she performed... it just did not seem genuine, and often felt disrespectful of the people she was ‘imitating’.
I’d say definitely read this book - but skip the audiobook version. This is the first negative review I’ve given here, and I haven’t taken the time to give very many reviews at all. It just bothered me that much, I had to weigh in.
Enjoyed the story, it was well written. Hated the narration.
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It took me a little while to get into the story, into Regina Louise’s storytelling cadence, but once I did I was rapt.
I found myself fascinated at her capacity to keep going despite so many people- adults- trying to pull her down. Where does that stamina come from while so many others spin their wheels?
I hadn’t heard of her other books before, but now I’m eager to catch up. Don’t miss this!
The capacity to keep going
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Loved this wish it was longer.......
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Absolutely beautiful
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I never knew somebody went through this too wrote a book
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