![]() Ferris, who appear not to care what happens to the children they are supposed to protect. In other cases, they symbolize the true failings of the foster care system and the negligence of workers like Mr. In some cases, unanswered questions become symbolic of Ashley’s belief that she has done something wrong or that caseworkers, foster families, and other figures are maliciously working against her and her mother and “keeping secrets from me” (15). In fact, “years would pass without anyone answering any of my questions” (10). ![]() She was three when police took her away from her irresponsible mother and placed her in foster care. 1, 2008 This heartbreaking memoir recounts 21-year-old Rhodes-Courter’s horrific experience while living in Florida’s foster-care system. Repeatedly, she finds herself “asking for my mother, but nobody explain why she not come for me” (11) or asking, “‘Why don’t you ever say anything?’” (99), only to be met with further silence. A MEMOIR by Ashley Rhodes-Courter RELEASE DATE: Jan. ![]() This problem is exacerbated by the fact that “nobody anything” (10). ![]() ![]() She does not understand why she is being denied access to her mother and often thinks it is her own fault, asking “my perpetual question: What had I done that was so terrible that I had to be taken from my mother?” (15). Ashley’s experienced of being “ripped” (10) from her family is deeply traumatic. ![]()
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