This page is automatically generated based on what facebook users are interested in, and not affiliated with. Never before has the voice of an abandoned child been so perfectly rendered, intimately captured, and lovingly portrayed. Her memoirs chronicle what life was like for her, as an orphaned girl, navigating all factions of the foster care system. See all books authored by regina louise, including somebody s someone. Louise and her story have also been covered in various newspapers and magazines. Regina louise is an american author, child advocate, and motivational speaker, who is best known for successfully navigating through more than thirty foster home placements as a ward of the california juvenile court system. Regina louise what happens to a child when her own parents reject and abandon her. Somebodys someone by regina louise grand central publishing. For people who are not familiar with your story, it might help to also share more about your first book, somebodys someone. If you need a dose of inspiration, check out regina louise. Regina louise is the author of somebodys someone 3. Go to the in my shoes facebook page and share the episode 11 is live post to your fb page by wednesday 422 and thats it.
In this poignant, heart wrenching debut work, regina louise recounts her childhood search for. When you read an account like regina louise, one does not need fiction for an angst laden book. After twentyseven years of estrangement, regina finds jeanne, while on her book. Somebodys someone ebook by regina louise 9780446556330. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading somebody s someone. Regina louise presents someone has led this child to. Regina louise audio books, best sellers, author bio.
Most interesting is the paradigm switches that people will make if they listen with an open mind. The regina louise story, is based on her life and was nominated for a 2020 naacp award for best director. In this poignant and heart wrenching true story, regina louise recounts her childhood search for connection in the face of abuse, neglect, and rejection. Want to enter for a chance to win a free audible edition of somebody s someone. Somebodys someone by regina louise 2008, trade paperback.
Regina louise books list of books by author regina louise. Interview with local author regina louise marin magazine. In this poignant and heart wrenching true story, regina louise recounts her childhood search for connection in the face of abuse. Coexecutive producers are andrea buchanan hound dogs and regina louise. Although regina louise had a difficult childhood, she went on to become a successful businesswoman, starting a popular beauty salon in san francisco, california. Worst of all, the author states in her colloquial firstperson narrative, they made her feel unwanted. Jeanne kerr, a white counselor, empathizes with her and they form a bond which leads to a. From her initial flight to her eventual discovery of love, your heart will go out to reginas younger self, and youll cheer her on as she struggles to be. Author of the memoir somebodys someone, louise has appeared on national public radios all things considered kqed forum, cbc, bbc and the cbs early show. Regina louise bio, facts, wiki, books, story, net worth. Regina louise is the author of somebodys someone, which chronicles her journey through foster care.
In this poignant and heart wrenching true story, regina louise recounts her childhood search for connection in the face. From her initial flight to her eventual discovery of love, your heart will go out to reginas younger self, and youll cheer her on as she struggles to be somebodys someone. Her traumas will leave no one dry eyed as it hits home. Howard speaks with author, regina louise, for the lifetime movie, i am somebody s child. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In this book, louise once again draws on her experience as one of societys abandoned children to tell how she emerged from the cruel, unjust system, not only. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one. This remarkable memoir shines the light on the plight of children with no parent to wake them up with a gentle kiss, to send them off to school with a packed. Reginas reallife story is the subject of a lifetime movie i am somebodys child.
Throughout the book, doyle remains open and candid, whether shes. A memoir, and someone has led this child to believe. What happens to a child when her own parents reject her and sit idly by as others. The onewoman stage adaptation of the book debuted at the sacramento theatre company and was nominated for two naacp theatre awards. With somebody s someone, regina louise emerges as an extraordinarily gifted writer whose voice is filled with raw emotion, shocking honesty, and pure lyricism. Regina louise interview i am somebodys child lifetime. Woman recalls being adopted at age 41 in lifetime biopic. A memoir by regina louise 2003, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. After 12 yearold regina louise, tired of being beaten, battles and escapes. Written in her distinctive and unique voice, reginas story offers an indepth look at the life of a child who no one wanted. Dre, suge, michelle directs from a teleplay by camille thomasson, based on the books somebodys someone and someone has led this child to believe by regina louse. Regina louises tale of searching for permanency is ready for. I will randomly pick one person who was kind enough to share and gift you with the free audible book link.
What happens to a child when her own parents reject her and sit. Debut memoirist louise eloquently indicts a family and community that abused and neglected her. The film is based on the life of regina louise who serves as a coexecutive producer and starring angela fairley, ginnifer goodwin, monique coleman, sherri saum, and kim hawthorne on april 21, 2019, a special edition of the film aired that featured behind the scenes interviews with louise, fairley, goodwin. Someone has led this child to believe is the beautiful followup to somebody s someone, regina louise s harsh, often brutal, but always compelling booklist debut memoir about growing up in the us fostercare system. A mother she has never knownbut long fantasized about deposited her and her half sister at the same group home that she herself fled years before. Somebody s someone memoir, warner books new york, ny, 2003. Reginas teenaged mother, ruby, already had another daughter, born when she was, so the new baby was handed off to big mama, a foster mother in austin, texas, who provided the bare necessities for the. This remarkable memoir shines the light on the plight of children with no parent. Somebodys someone has also been adapted into a onewomanshow and was the subject of an emmynominated pbs documentary. A memoir 9780446529105 by louise, regina and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
Louise provides a deep from the heart reality check from an insiders look at unwanted children. Regina louise is the author of somebody s someone 3. In this poignant, heart wrenching debut work, regina louise recounts her childhood search for someone to feel connected to. When louise released her first book, somebodys someone, in 2003, she was on a mission. Do readers need to have read your first book, somebodys someone, to understand someone has led this child to believe. The regina louise story is a 2019 film that aired on lifetime. Book overview this remarkable memoir shines the light on the plight of children with no parent to wake them up with a gentle kiss, to send them off to school with a packed lunch, to read them a bedtime story as they fall off to sleep. Regina louises mom jeanne taylor is an important part of. Reginas teenaged mother, ruby, already had another daughter, born when she was. Debut memoirist louise eloquently indicts a family and community that abused. Regina louise, is the bestselling author of the most recent memoir, someone has led this child to believe, and the national bestseller somebodys someone. At birth, regina louise is deposited by her mother in a foster home where she grows up with the constant specter of severe. In april 2019, lifetime network premiered a biopic of reginas memoir called i am somebodys child. Regina louise somebody s someone by regina louise genre.
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