title: Hope's Boy: A Memoir
author:  Andrew Bridge 
description: Bridge's memoir of surviving his childhood in a broken child-care system where the state acts as parents for the young certainly illustrates the complexity of such government institutions. After being removed from his mother by the state, Bridge spent a brief stint in a residential program before being put into foster care. His decade-long stay with an emotionally abusive and unsupportive family left its share of marks, and the book feels like Bridge's attempt to cleanse the taint of the experience. While it does highlight problems of the system, it fails to be anything more than just another story of an unfortunate upbringing. As the story is told through the eyes of a young boy, David Drummond's soft elocution ably puts readers back into that frame. But this doesn't keep Drummond from juggling the range of ages, genders, accents and personalities of the different characters effectively. Although the story isn't extraordinary, Drummond remains consistent and engaging throughout. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # The Boy Who Has No Hope
  
  
  ## Soulless #6
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Victoria Quinn
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Hartwick Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hartwick Publishing
  
  
  **The Boy Who Has No Hope**
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Victoria Quinn
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
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  I left the lobby of the building and approached the Escalade waiting at the
  curb. I opened the door and got into the back seat.
  
  
  Ronnie greeted me the same way he did every morning. “Good morning, Mr.
  Hamilton.”
  
  
  “Morning.”
  
  
  Ronnie pulled onto the street and got into traffic.
  
  
  “How are you?” Emerson smiled at me from her side of the SUV, her coffee in
  her hand, her