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kellyncorrado's review against another edition
4.0
I'm so angry. I'm sure not everyone in the foster care system has experienced Steve's story, but 1 is 1 too many. It makes me want to better understand what kinds of reform is happening (or not happening). I also would like to understand how people like the Robinson's aren't criminally prosecuted. People have been thrown in jail for way lesser offenses. Everyone deserves a right to basic human decency.
tamfilley's review against another edition
3.0
3 1/2 stars. A true story about a boy who grows up in foster care. Always looking for his parents and wondering when they will come and get him. When he is a teenager and things get really bad at home he vows to make something of himself. He goes on to college and ends up reconnecting with long lost family members. A heartfelt, sad and sometimes disturbing look into the foster care system. What a wonderful example of how our past does not have to define us.
lurdesabruscato's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing memoir of overcoming abuse, abandonment and neglect and how a few tiny influences can alter the course of a life.
greenogal's review
3.0
Check out my review at:
http://www.shannonsbookbag.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-change-in-world-pemberton.html
http://www.shannonsbookbag.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-change-in-world-pemberton.html
redcabinreads's review against another edition
3.0
I admire Steve very much for his story, the man he’s become, and this book he created. This book made me think a lot more about foster care and tugged at my heart in many ways. Only 3.5 stars for me because I thought it drug on a bit - the last half got a little repetitive and wordy. But overall, for anyone interested in foster care or memoirs, I’d recommend!
alanapool's review against another edition
5.0
This book touched my heart! I couldn’t put it down! It made me tear & laugh & I enjoyed every moment reading it! The perseverance Steve bad is amazing! If he can survive his childhood, anyone can do the same!
sugarhollow5's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. An interesting story of survival and perseverance.
openbookheartmind's review against another edition
4.0
Overall: sad to read but inspiring. I read this one for my work in the field of child welfare, but it’s a really engaging true story. Steve had to grow up in a couple terrible and abusive foster homes and then eventually found some of his birth relatives and then grew up into a successful man, husband, and father. The only thing about this book that bothers me a little is that this story does not shed light on the behaviors that so many foster kids struggle with due to their trauma history. Steve was an exceptional kid and teen. He mentions that he has never had therapy and that he just was able to stay strong, partly due to a few adults helping him along the way. This also happened in the 70s and 80s so that is good to keep in mind as well. I’m very happy for Steve, of course; I just don’t think this is the go-to book I’d recommend if you really want to understand and build compassion for kids who are in the system.