Reginas reallife story is the subject of a lifetime movie i am somebodys child. Her traumas will leave no one dry eyed as it hits home. Author regina louise recalls being adopted at age 41 in lifetime biopic i am somebodys child. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases books electronics gift ideas todays deals new releases books electronics gift ideas. Woman recalls being adopted at age 41 in lifetime biopic. Regina louise is the author of somebodys someone 3. Somebodys someone memoir, warner books new york, ny, 2003. But at 10 years old, this extraordinarily bright and resilient child strikes out on her own. Louise is the second child of the late singersongwriter tom brock. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Regina louise is the author of somebodys someone, which chronicles her journey through foster care. Regina wanted to be somebody, anybody, someone loved. What happens to a child when her own parents reject and abandon her.
Based on author and motivational speaker, regina louises books, somebodys someone and someone has led this child to believe, the movie stars ginnifer goodwin and. I just finished reading a book called somebodys someone by regina louise. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading somebodys someone. 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.
Discussing someone has led this child to believe with. Regina louise is an american author, child advocate, and motivational speaker, who is best known for successfully navigating through more than thirty foster home placement as a ward of the california juvenile court system. Read it now enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the. Author of the bestselling memoir somebodys someone, her story has been featured on nprs all things considered, the tavis smiley show, as well as, the. With how much this amazing woman has been through, where is regina louise now. Somebodys someone in this poignant and heart wrenching true story, regina louise recounts her childhood search for connection in the face of abuse, neglect, and rejection. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Do readers need to have read your first book, somebodys someone, to understand someone has led this child to believe. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Someone has led this child to believe, regina louises unflinching, unforgettable true story of overcoming neglect in the us fostercare system, is the memoir youve been waiting for. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. What happens to a child when her own parents reject her and sit. Based on author and motivational speaker, regina louise s books, somebodys someone and someone has led this child to believe, the movie stars ginnifer goodwin and newcomer angela fairley who. Her own experiences in the foster care system were the basis for her 2003 memoir, somebodys someone. Somebodys someone by regina louise 2008, paperback for. 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. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. 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 to survive, but to. 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. Louise describes a troubled childhood that included truancy and rape. Written in her distinctive and unique voice, regina s story offers an indepth look at the life of a child who no one wanted. 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.
Regina louise ollison was 40 years old with a 17yearold son of her own when she became, after a lifetime as an orphan, somebodys child. Chae jones sits down with writer regina louise and casting directo twinkie byrd. The memoir of her early beginnings, and ultimate exit from foster care without. It was beautifully acted by the entire cast, especially the terrific angela fairley. In this poignant and heart wrenching true story, regina louise recounts her. The regina louise adoption story on lifetime will make. At birth, regina louise is deposited by her mother in a foster home where she grows up with the constant specter of severe beatings and other harrowing abuses. From her initial flight to her eventual discovery of love, your heart will go out to regina s younger self, and youll cheer her on as she struggles to be somebody s someone. Initially happy when she was moved from big mama to her biological mother, now living in north carolina with two sons by another man, regina soon learned that ruby favored her sons, and she endured sexual and physical abuse from rubys current boyfriend. Written in her distinctive and unique voice, reginas story offers an indepth look at the life of a child who no one wanted. Regina louises tale of searching for permanency is ready for.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Reginas memoir somebodys someone decades later, in 2003, in the same courthouse where a judge denied taylors petition to adopt louise, taylor, age 59 adopted louise, who was then 41. In april 2019, lifetime network premiered a biopic of reginas memoir called i am somebodys child. Somebodys someone by regina louise grand central publishing.
We hear first hand the account of her life as a foster child in texas, north carolina and finally california. Join facebook to connect with regina louise and others you may know. Her reallife story is the subject of a lifetime network movie. The onewoman stage adaptation of the book debuted at the sacramento theatre company and was nominated for two naacp theatre awards.
Regina louise, is the bestselling author of the most recent memoir, someone has led this child to believe, and the national bestseller somebodys someone. Regina louise is a foster care advocate and frequent speaker at foster care seminars across the country. What happens to a child when her own parents reject her and sit idly by as others abuse her. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading somebody s someone. It was a dream come true before turning 18, regina louise found herself in over 30. Regina louises someone has led this child to believe is a rich, engrossing account of one abandoned girls efforts to find her place in the world, people to love, and people to love her back. Jakes has signed on as an executive producer of lifetimes upcoming foster care film i am somebodys child. A memoir by regina louise is the story of regina ollison told through the voice of a young regina, age ten through fifteen.
Regina louise kerrtaylor is an american author, child advocate, and motivational speaker. Regina louise kerrtaylor 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. With somebodys someone, regina louise emerges as an extraordinarily gifted writer whose voice is filled with raw emotion, shocking honesty, and pure lyricism. Her memoirs chronicle what life was like for her, as an orphaned girl, navigating all factions of the foster care system. Regina louise booklist regina louise message board. Browse regina louises bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Someone has led this child to believe is the beautiful followup to somebodys someone, regina louises harsh, often brutal, but always compelling booklist debut memoir about growing up in the us fostercare system. Regina louise recounts her childhood search for someone to feel connected to. Regina louises tale of searching for permanency is ready.
I am somebodys child is based on a true story and dramatizes the life of author regina louise who, according to chicago tribune, ended up in the foster care system after being abandoned and. Regina louise advocate for at risk children, leadership coach, and author of somebodys someone and forthcoming book someone has led this child to believe. Somebodys someone has also been adapted into a onewomanshow and was the subject of an emmynominated pbs documentary. As the author of somebodys someone and someone has led. Lifetimes new movie i am somebodys child, premiering april 20, is the reallife story of regina louise, an author, coach, and motivational speaker who went through over 30 foster care homes. The book s raw and honest portrayal of reginas traumatic experiences as a young african american girl. Regina louise bio, facts, wiki, books, story, net worth. When louise released her first book, somebodys someone, in 2003, she was on a mission. I thought it surely had to be written by someone who grew up in the 50s or 60s, but. Although regina louise had a difficult childhood, she went on to become a successful businesswoman, starting a popular beauty salon in san francisco, california. Her story has been featured on the bbc world service.
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