MANUAL DE CONTABILIDAD BÁSICA

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace , The Other Wes Moore , and Someone Has Led This Child to Believe , Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities, and pioneering the concept of “luxury beliefs”—ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class while inflicting costs on the less fortunate. Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met, ultimately shuttling between ten different foster homes in California. When he was adopted into a loving family, he hoped that life would finally be stable and safe. Divorce, tragedy, poverty, and violence marked his adolescent and teen years, propelling Henderson to join the military upon completing high school. An unflinching portrait of shattered families, desperation, and determination, Troubled recounts Henderson’s expectation-defying young life and juxtaposes his story with those of his friends who wound up incarcerated or killed. He retreads the steps and missteps he took to escape the drama and disorder of his youth. As he navigates the peaks and valleys of social class, Henderson finds that he remains on the outside looking in. His greatest achievements—a military career, an undergraduate education from Yale, a PhD from Cambridge—feel like hollow measures of success. He argues that stability at home is more important than external accomplishments, and he illustrates the ways the most privileged among us benefit from a set of social standards that actively harm the most vulnerable. Title Page Dedication Preface Chapter One: Until Your Heart Explodes Chapter Two: The Parent Trap Chapter Three: Burnout Chapter Four: No Matter Where You End Up Chapter Five: Little Boy Chapter Six: Stray Dogs Chapter Seven: What’s Expected of You Chapter Eight: Potentially Deleterious Effects Chapter Nine: Who Is GI Bill, GI Joe’s Brother? Chapter Ten: Problem Child Chapter Eleven: Luxury Beliefs Chapter Twelve: Twistable Turnable Man Acknowledgments About the Author Copyright