Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

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  • Create Date:2022-07-05 02:19:38
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Tori Hope Peterson
  • ISBN:1087750970
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Summary

If you’re wondering if God can truly move in the life of someone with all the odds stacked against her, look no further than Tori Hope Petersen。

Tori grew up in the foster care system, a bi-racial child in a confusing and volatile world。 Growing up with a mentally ill mother and living in twelve different foster homes, nothing was in her favor。 And yet, even with a miniscule chance of graduating college and a great risk of being homeless, jobless, and on drugs, Tori overcame every negative stereotype and assumption that attacked her identity。 

However, Tori will tell you she did not overcome。 Christ did。 In the face of the darkness, the difficulty, and the damage, Jesus made a way for Tori to find profound hope, deep faith, renewed purpose, and a loving family, too。  After so many years of being on one side of foster care as a child, Tori is now on the other side as a foster mom, adoptive mom, and biological mom。 On top of that, she was crowned as a Track and Field All-American and named Mrs。 Universe 2021, a platform she now uses to pursue her passion for foster care reform, adoption advocacy, and help for vulnerable populations。

If you want to hear the true tale of an unlikely overcomer, this book is for you。 If you want to learn more about the foster care system from a former foster youth’s perspective, this book is for you。 If you want to better dwell in the reality of your own spiritual adoption by our Heavenly Father and better understand the orphan and the widow that He loves dearly, this book is for you。 Ultimately, if you want to remember who God is, and what He can do through the most unlikely of people, Fostered is for you。
 

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Reviews

Flora

In Fostered, Tori Hope Petersen shares her experiences living with an abusive mother and also what it was like for her in the foster care system。 She writes well and offers many insights and opinions about the system。 I found the book quite engrossing at times and, as she warns her readers in the introduction, very hard to read at other times, Her faith made all the difference in the world and you can’t help but be glad for her。 Apparently, most foster kids do not often end up that way。4 stars。

Angie Bridget

I really enjoyed this memoir by Tori Petersen! She shares openly the challenges she faced being moved around to several different foster homes over and over throughout her childhood and teenage years and the impact all of these placements had on her development into an adult and active advocate for foster families and foster children。 Through Tori's story it becomes apparent that she is a very resilient person who took the challenges of her past as opportunities to learn and grow in the future。 I really enjoyed this memoir by Tori Petersen! She shares openly the challenges she faced being moved around to several different foster homes over and over throughout her childhood and teenage years and the impact all of these placements had on her development into an adult and active advocate for foster families and foster children。 Through Tori's story it becomes apparent that she is a very resilient person who took the challenges of her past as opportunities to learn and grow in the future。 She is clearly a success story, where many young people who had similar childhoods may find themselves down a very different path such as prison, unwanted pregnancies, poverty or addiction。 I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in memoirs, especially those related to childhood trauma and overcoming obstacles in life, as well as anyone who is particularly interested in the foster care system in the United States。 Thanks so much to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book! 。。。more