How a foster care memoir finds a home…

As soon as Another Place Called Home was published, events began taking place that showed us how the book was being received as it stepped into the world.

Imagine learning your book is now on the Kirkus Reviews list of “17 Great Indie Books Worth Discovering.”

Or that a publisher, Fuze publishing company, found the book “a riveting memoir” that “shines a bright light on territory unknown to most of us, the foster care system.”

Or that Another Place Called Home: Surviving Foster Care is a 5-star FINALIST in the Wishing Shelf book contest sponsored in the U.K.

What did the Wishing Shelf reviewers have to say about this memoir told by a young girl about spending her teenage years in a foster care group home? What mattered the most?

- Content? Top rating (10/10)

- Cover? Way up there (9/10)

- What about the writing and the editing? Highly rated (9/10)

One of the Wishing Shelf reviewers had this to say: “There's a lot of fear in this story. Fear of the system, fear of the other children within the system, and fear of the people running it. This seems to me to be a very honest portrayal of life as a youngster in the foster care system. I'd recommend it to anybody who works with foster children - in any country.” Female reader, aged 43

We hope fervently that the book’s cover evokes the importance that this story has been told and deserves a considered solitary read, just as the girl on the book’s cover had the most important thing in the world to say about scrambling for a footing in life.

Then there’s the very grownup approach, the progress of the book in its cycle of publication and distribution in the world, such as experiencing the positive reaction reviewers have in reading the story.

Then there are friends found along the way. Mainly, these are friends of the book, or they are members of the foster care community, those who provide support and help for displaced youth.

And so, we welcome you to the book, the story of a girl’s growth and learning as she grapples her way through six years in a foster care group home.

And to the Journal where articles, stories, and insights about the world of foster care will appear on a regular basis.