Among the first signs that Troubled is not a typical memoir of foster care and adoption is the author’s announcement on page 4 that he has never tried to locate his birth parents. “Why try to find someone who did not want you in their life?” writes Rob Henderson. It’s a good question, especially because it is almost an article of faith now that kids who are adopted can never lead a fulfilling life unless they understand the mystery of their biological origins. For Henderson—whose father abandoned him before he was born and whose mother was a drug addict who tied him to a chair so she could get high in peace before she was deported back to her home country of South Korea after being arrested—the urge never materialized.
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