When I Was Her Daughter: A Memoir
by Leslie Ferguson
Pub Date 12 Nov 2021
Acorn Publishing
Biographies & Memoirs
I am reviewing a copy of When I Was Her Daughter: A Memoir through Acorn Publishing and NetGalley:
Leslie is only seven and she already has a serious problem, someone is trying to kill them!
Leslie had to save herself and her little brother from the stark realities of living with their mother’s raging psychosis. In order to evade the evil Russian spies her mother believes are after them, they forgo sleep, speak in whispers, and live on the run. Her Mother searches for hidden listening devices, writes rambling manifestos about the impending Communist takeover, and attempts to kill herself and her children to protect them from rape, torture, and murder at the hands of the government. Leslie finds controlling the chaos impossible. Leslie rebels, which only angers her mother, but when she obeys, terrible consequences follow.
Eventually the police the police place Leslie and her brother in foster care. The freedom the police place Leslie and her brother in foster care. But when she experiences abusive homes where she’s alienating homes. All seems lost until a teacher intervenes, risking everything to bring Leslie to safety, to show her the redemptive power of trust and patience, and to prove unconditional love is possible, even without the bond of blood.
When I Was Her Daughter is a powerful and raw account of one girl’s terrifying childhood journey through madness, loss, and a broken foster care system, where only the lucky and most resilient survive.
I give When I Was Her Daughter five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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