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As soon as he was born, Andrew Bridge and his mother Hope shared a love so deep that it felt like nothing else mattered. Trapped in desperate poverty and met with unthinkable tragedies, all Andrew ever wanted was to be along with his mom. But as her mental health steadily declined, and with no one else left to look after him, authorities arrived and tore Andrew from his screaming mother's arms. For the reason that moment, the life span he knew came crashing down around him. He was only seven years old.Hope was institutionalized, and Andrew was located in what would be his devastating reality for the next eleven years--foster care. After surviving one of your country's most notorious children's facilities, Andrew was thrust into a savagely loveless foster family that refused to accept him as one of their own. Deprived of the nurturing he needed, Andrew clung to academics and the kindness of teachers. Even while, he refused to surrender the love he held for his mother in his heart. Ultimately, Andrew earned a scholarship to Wesleyan, continued to Harvard Law School, and became a Fulbright Scholar.Andrew has dedicated his life's work to helping children moving into poverty and in the foster care system. He defied the staggering odds set against him, and within this heartwrenching, brutally honest, and inspirational memoir, he reveals who Hope's boy really is.
