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Things Happen for a Reason: Even Foster Care and Adoption

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After years of mentoring and fostering, I can not believe I found such an inspiring book! Kimberly's story illustrates the lives of America's throw away children - those who have been abandoned, neglected and abused. Without over-dramatization, yet with searing truthfulness, Kimberly gives us a first hand view of these children's daily lives.

She lets us see how the children struggle, how some are incapable of breaking the cycle of poverty, drugs and abuse. She shares the triumphs, the set-backs, and most importantly, the emotional effort it takes for these kids to become whole, successful and productive adults.

But best of all, Kimberly teaches us what our part needs to be to help these kids. Without judgement of those who caused her to stumble, she models and instructs us with patient perserverance. I laughed, I cried, but most of all, I longed to reach out and touch these children and show them the love every child deserves to have.

A must read for anyone dealing with Foster children or children in mentoring programs.

Snodgrass's book is heartfelt and truly an inspiration to all us, especially the foster youth community. Her story is well-written and captivates the true struggles Amber had to go through in order to achieve her goals in life. This book will make you cry, laugh, smile, and bring out emotions you don't even know you have. Snodgrass proves that being a foster youth does not create a brand for failure! Instead she illustrates Amber developing into a successful woman even after enduring several hardships. This is a great read and I would highly recommend it to anyone- foster community or not!

This is a truly inspirational account of a young woman who persevered through seemingly insurmountable odds to achieve success. The author's narrative style illustrates how the dedication and motivation of one individual can overcome an otherwise tumultuous world. At the same time, this book illustrates many of the shortcomings of this nation's foster care system that can lead to barriers for some children on the societal and personal level. However, Amber's story provides a window of opportunity for future policymakers to improve the system to make the lives of foster youths brighter in the future. Definitely recommended reading.

A lively and gritty story about life as a foster child that left me feeling inspired. Five stars.

From the first page of this book, the words tugged at my heartstrings. It spoke to every person on an individual level and allowed us to get a glimpse into a world of struggles...but a world of hope. Kimberly is an amazing author with a passion for life. She is a beautiful and inspiring person and it shows through the pages of her book.

Great book. Written in a way that captures the emotional roller coaster that is life. Great insight into the life of a foster child and/or adoption for those who are not aware of it...


definitely buy it and help promote the cause the author creates for foster care children through her own personal experiences and heart-felt novel...

Kimberly shows the struggles faced by youth who live with an unstable family and the struggles of living in foster care. Highly recommended to get the youth perspective