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Issue date: 11/11/09 Section: News

Andrew Bridge

The "One Book One Community" program will have the author of "Hope's Boy," Andrew Bridge, speaking at the DMACC Boone Campus on Nov. 12.

"This is the first year we've been able to get the author to speak at DMACC campuses," said Michelle Tedrow, Boone Campus librarian.

The program will also be on live Webcam to the other campuses. "DMACC Boone Campus has had the most participation in the "One Book One Community" program which is open to all DMACC campuses," Tedrow said.

The book is a memoir that leads readers through the struggles of a young boy as he deals with his mother's mental illnesses as she gets worse. Eventually, he is taken from his mother at seven years old. He struggles through foster care. He finds strength in growing up but still never forgets the love of his mother.
The program, set up by Rebecca Funke and Tedrow, librarians for Ankeny and Boone campuses.

Rita Davenport, Boone Campus counselor said, "I thought the book was fascinating and his life story is compelling."
Student, Haley Miller said, "I thought the book was amazing! The author, Andrew Bridge, did a great job at portraying his events in foster care through the eyes of his childhood. He gave excellent insight to what a child in foster care is feeling. It's so inspiring to read a New York Times best seller by a man who everybody else thought was a statistic."

At 10:30 a.m., the morning of the presentation, Bridge will be in the Courter Center autographing his book, and his presentation will be from 11:15 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. in the auditorium

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