The Women Who Raised Me by Victoria Lowell

How did the first passage of the book lead you to anticipate the ending of the book? I just finished The Women Who Raised Me by Victoria Lowell and according to the first passage of the book, "For anyone who has spent any portion of their childhood as a ward of the state, the notion of emancipation has multiple meanings. Though I was legally and financially emancipated at the requisite age of eighteen and had always been fiercely independent, it wasn't until I was forty-three years old and a working mother of two that I finally set myself free." This passage tells the whole story, pretty much. It tells none of the details but, it led me to the conclusion that it would be about survival and life lessons. It was. She survived no, she thrived. Taking everything that was offered for her. Now she's almost 50? and I, the reader feel proud of her, for making it through the "system." Orphans or children in the foster care system have very difficult lives, they die earlier, are permanently emotionally scarred, go into a life of crime much more often than someone raised in a caring two parent family. Without the support we can not expect them to win so those who do, are...stars. In my mind she is a hero. She is an actress, a major supporter and fundraiser, leading bills and laws to improve the lives of children like her who are in the foster care system. Raising money so they can take acting lessons, dance lessons, and improved living conditions.