Born as a ward of the state of Maine, the child of an unmarried
Yankee blueblood mother and an unknown black father, Victoria
Rowell beat the odds. "The Women Who Raised Me" is the remarkable
story of her rise out of the foster care system to attain the
American Dream--and of the unlikely series of women who lifted,
motivated, and inspired her along the way.
From Agatha Armstead--a black Bostonian who was Victoria's
longest-term foster mother and first noticed her spark of
creativity and talent--to Esther Brooks, a Paris-trained prima
ballerina who would become her first mentor at the Cambridge School
of Ballet--"The Women Who Raised Me" is a loving, vivid portrait of
all the women who would help Victoria transition out of foster care
and into New York City's wild worlds of ballet, acting, and
adulthood. Though Victoria would go on to become an accomplished
television and film star, she still carried the burden of
loneliness and anxiety, particularly common to those "orphans of
the living" who are never adopted. Vividly recalled and candidly
told, her story is transfixing, redemptive, heartbreaking, and,
ultimately, inspiring.
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