A Child Called Home

Ryan thought surviving foster care would be the hardest part.

He was wrong.

As the years pass, childhood innocence gives way to painful truths. Forced to accept that home may never look the way he imagined, Ryan struggles to find where he belongs while carrying anger, abandonment, and questions no child should have to answer. Along the way, unexpected mentors, loyal friendships, first loves, devastating losses, and reckless choices begin shaping the man he will eventually become.

A Child Called Home: Volume 2 is an honest and deeply personal journey through adolescence, identity, and the search for hope in places that often seem hopeless. It is a story about resilience, the families we are born into, the families we choose, and the quiet realization that healing doesn't happen all at once--it happens one decision at a time.

Raw, emotional, and inspiring, this second installment continues Ernest Maine's unforgettable journey toward discovering what "home" truly means.

-- Ernest Maine