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Somebody's Someone: A Memoir
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Grand Central Pub
Publication date June 12, 2003
Pages 367
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780446529105
ISBN-10 0446529109
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.25 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $23.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A foster-care child recounts her abandonment to the state by her parents, her victimization at the hands of more than thirty abusive foster caretakers, her rediscovery at the age of ten of her dysfunctional birth parents, and her ongoing quest to find love and acceptance. 25,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: What happens to a child when her own parents reject her and sit idly by as others abuse her? In this poignant, heart wrenching debut work, Regina Louise recounts her childhood search for someone to feel connected to. A mother she has never known--but long fantasized about-- deposited her and her half sister at the same group home that she herself fled years before. When another resident beats Regina so badly that she can barely move, she knows that she must leave this terrible place-the only home she knows. Thus begins Regina's fight to survive, utterly alone at the age of 10. A stint living with her mother and her abusive boyfriend is followed by a stay with her father's lily white wife and daughters, who ignore her before turning to abuse and ultimately kicking her out of the house. Regina then tries everything in her search for someone to care for her and to care about, from taking herself to jail to escaping countless foster homes to be near her beloved counselor. Written in her distinctive and unique voice, Regina's story offers an in-depth look at the life of a child who no one wanted. From her initial flight to her eventual discovery of love, your heart will go out to Regina's younger self, and you'll cheer her on as she struggles to be Somebody's Someone.

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Hardcover
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from Grand Central Pub (June 12, 2003)
9780446529105 | details & prices | 367 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $23.95
About: A foster-care child recounts her abandonment by her parents, her victimization at the hands of more than thirty abusive foster caretakers, her rediscovery of her dysfunctional birth parents, and her ongoing quest to find love and acceptance.
Miscellaneous
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from Grand Central Pub (February 28, 2009)
9780446556330 | details & prices | List price $10.99

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