Foster care odyssey

By Theresa Cameron

Subjects: Biography, Foster children, African American women, 1000blackgirlbooks, Foster home care

Description: Abandoned by her teenage mother in 1954 to a overwhelmingly white charity organization so begins Theresa's life as a 'ward of the state' of New York. She shares the heartbreaking struggle to survive in a foster care system where children's welfare often seemed the lowest priority.