sunshine169's review against another edition
5.0
Did this book make me cry a few times? Yup.
As a hopeful foster parent this was just what I needed to read as my nerves start to get the better of me. This system is rough on the kids and we need more people who have their best interest at heart!
As a hopeful foster parent this was just what I needed to read as my nerves start to get the better of me. This system is rough on the kids and we need more people who have their best interest at heart!
montigneyrules's review against another edition
5.0
#readingchallenge2019 (another wild card book)
How does one find the proper words to review something so powerful?
This novel is inspirational, heartwarming, moving, and honest.
Having no context of this novel, I met Rob Scheer when he spoke at a local community event. He provided a brief introduction to Comfort Cases, and afterwards I was able to proudly share with him our brand new statuses as Foster Parents. Rob talked through my excitement, nerves, and questions, and recommend I read his novel.
If I had read this before meeting Rob, our conversation would have been so different. I would have thanked him over and over for his courage..not just his courage to write the sad things that happened, but his courage to be honest about the Foster Care System; and thanked him for the changes he's made to improve the system and people.
A must-read, worthwhile memoir. Rob showed me, I can be worried, I can be scared, I can be hesitant, but I can still be a Foster Parent with love to give.
How does one find the proper words to review something so powerful?
This novel is inspirational, heartwarming, moving, and honest.
Having no context of this novel, I met Rob Scheer when he spoke at a local community event. He provided a brief introduction to Comfort Cases, and afterwards I was able to proudly share with him our brand new statuses as Foster Parents. Rob talked through my excitement, nerves, and questions, and recommend I read his novel.
If I had read this before meeting Rob, our conversation would have been so different. I would have thanked him over and over for his courage..not just his courage to write the sad things that happened, but his courage to be honest about the Foster Care System; and thanked him for the changes he's made to improve the system and people.
A must-read, worthwhile memoir. Rob showed me, I can be worried, I can be scared, I can be hesitant, but I can still be a Foster Parent with love to give.
lindzee's review against another edition
3.0
The first half of the book was a good memoir, but the second half was mostly about the charity and not the family.
kjewelweed's review against another edition
3.0
Engagingly written, but once I started reading more perspectives of adult adoptees ( the writer is one as well as an adoptive parent), I felt more uncomfortable with level of others' personal information that's disclosed and the legal battle for parental rights.
onewhitetree's review against another edition
4.0
A really sweet book. I’m looking for narratives about service to use in my writing class next year and this will be an excellent addition. Service as a lifestyle, not something you do because you have to.
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