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“A Chance in the World is a fantastic book. As a narrative, it tells the story of a boy who found in books the imaginative ability to see a new, different, and better world. As a history, it unearths a painful and abusive past that, against all odds, forged the character of the wonderful man Steve Pemberton has become.
Nov 15, 2020 · The title of his book comes from a note left by a babysitter who wrote of Pemberton as a toddler: “This little boy doesn’t have a chance in the world.” Soon after, at age 3, Pemberton was taken away from his mother, who was an alcoholic, and placed with foster parents, who abused him for the next 13 years.
Dec 17, 2018 · Steve Pemberton overcame abuse while in foster care and is now a successful executive determined to help young people. His story is the basis of a new film, ...
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Steve was working full-time and raising a family when he wrote his memoir, A Chance in the World (2012). It is a story of hope and perseverance. The book’s title came from a diary entry by Steve’s babysitter when he was a toddler, who wrote that the young boy “ didn’t have a chance in the world.
Based on the award-winning book, A Chance in the World is the unbelievably true story of Steve Pemberton, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve (Terrell Ransom Jr.) is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (Kelly Owens/his foster mother), Willie ...
Feb 11, 2012 · That Pemberton not only survived but went on to great personal happiness and professional success is recounted in his memoir, "A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He ...
Based on the award winning book, A Chance in the World is the unbelievably true story of Steve Pemberton, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man o...
