Troubled (Rob Henderson)
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Troubled (Rob Henderson)
| Full title | Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class |
|---|---|
| Author | Rob Henderson |
| Published | 2024 |
| Pages | 290 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Rob Henderson’s memoir of the Los Angeles foster system and a chaotic household in rural Red Bluff, California, followed by the Air Force, Yale and a Cambridge PhD — and the argument that the stable family structures his elite classmates relied on were the ones they publicly disparaged. The book where his idea of “luxury beliefs” gets its full statement. |
Troubled (Rob Henderson)
Where I heard about it
- Michael Mauboussin (@mjmauboussin) — one of his favourite books of 2024, December 2024.
Connections
- Rob Henderson — the author.
- Luxury Beliefs — the concept this book coined and argues for at length.
- Poverty · Meritocracy — the two structures the memoir passes through, in that order.
- Michael Mauboussin — the curator whose 2024 list this came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.