Looked After

Author: Ashley John-Baptiste

Memoirs | Prose: non-fiction | Adoption & fostering | Adoption

Published on 13^th June 2024 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 272 pages
222mm x 138mm | 0g

Ashley John-Baptiste spent the first eighteen years of his life in the British care system, living with five different families during that time without ever being truly part of a family. It wasn't easy, or straightforward, and Ashley's ever-changing living situation affected every single part of his life - from his education to his sense of identity to his friendships and his hobbies. And yet, throughout everything his childhood in care threw at him, Ashley remained resilient and found a way to take advantage of the opportunities that came his way. Now Ashley feels able to tell us - vividly and movingly - how, when it felt like the world was turning its back on him, he refused to be an outsider in his own home and set about establishing a new and positive life for himself.

Looked After is a memoir written from the heart that pulls no punches but demonstrates that given encouragement and love - and, sometimes, a second chance - a care-experienced boy can become a successful broadcaster, a loving husband and a proud father.