Arrive. Endure. Age Out.
Three challenges in the life of a foster child.
Another Place Called Home is a sensitive new memoir about surviving foster care.
A story that begins with the unimaginable for a child: losing her home. A time of fear and confusion for a young girl. Then her journeys begin: the heartbreak and stigma of living in multiple homes and a foster care institution; re-unification hopes with an unpredictable parent; bullying by angry teens; life in a dusty factory town. Soon she will be too old for placement with a family. She will have spent her youth in the shadow of an institution, then lose even that rough shelter, as she must “age out,” alone.
A story told in the voice of a young girl, as her destiny becomes clear...
National Foster Care month is May 2023. Another Place Called Home honors the experience of any youth in the foster care system. It tells what a foster child would want you to know. It tells what beginning life as a discard is like. And how their future seems already made from sadness and thin air.
About the Author
The story told in Another Place Called Home is real. For six years, Susan DuMond lived at the Susquehanna Valley Children’s Home. She arrived at age eleven and aged out at eighteen.
Book prizes and Publishing Awards
“One of 17 Great Indie Books Worth Discovering”
“… a touching and heartfelt story, allowing readers to share a very difficult life journey and better understand those left to the mercy of the foster care system”
“Inspiring, thought-provoking. This is a highly educational trip through the foster care system. A FINALIST and highly recommended.”