The paperback version of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class is now available.
If you have gained any value from this newsletter over the past few years and want to support my work, please buy a copy today. For yourself. For a friend or a loved one. If you can’t afford it, please support your local library.
Order your copy now:
Audible (I narrated the audiobook myself)
The book contains insights, research findings, and stories that will help you to understand social class, upward mobility, the state of American families today, the duplicity of elites, and my fullest exposition yet of the luxury beliefs framework—ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class, while inflicting costs on the lower classes.
A couple of notes:
Social media. I’ve posted the official paperback launch announcement here on Twitter/X. I would be thankful if you retweeted or posted something else about the book online. Post a photo of my book (any format is fine, hardcover, paperback, etc.) on Twitter/X or Instagram. Tag me @robkhenderson
Audiobook. I narrated it myself. It’s available on Audible here and anywhere else you get audiobooks
Please post your reviews on Amazon and Goodreads!
My secret reading list. Still available! If you are interested in getting it, just follow these two steps:
1. Order a copy of Troubled in whatever format you want (paperback, hardcover, ebook, or audiobook)
2. Send a screenshot or photo of your receipt or proof of purchase to the email address troubledmemoir@gmail.com and use the subject line SECRET READING LIST
Already purchased a copy? Just send a screenshot of your receipt to troubledmemoir@gmail.com with the subject line SECRET READING LIST and you’ll get the secret reading list right away.
The book came out in February of 2024. The past year has been strange in some ways. I’ve learned a lot. Many of you are aware that bookstores refused to host an event for my book tour. To this day I haven’t been able to do a single event at a bookstore.
A reader sent me this photo. I think (hope) it’s a joke. Either way, it made me laugh:
Moreover, many of you are aware that despite outselling many other titles on their list, my book was not included on the New York Times bestseller list. This bizarre omission led The Economist to investigate the NYT list, and they discovered evidence of bias. The Economist later listed Troubled as one of the best books of 2024.
Years ago there was an analysis of the linguistic complexity of various authors and publications. It found that you need an 8th grade reading level to understand the New York Times, whereas you need a 12th grade reading level to understand The Economist. I assume this means smart people are better equipped to read and appreciate my book.
Order your copy now:
Audible (I narrated the audiobook myself)
I highly recommend this book.
Okay, you’re on a table with some of the best selling and controversial authors of the last half century. And what was your concern? If you’re an author, you want to be part of the conversation. Thousands of authors can be published but only a select few become prominent. When your life is the message, you’ll feel perceived slings and arrows more personally. But being on a Banned Book table is a boost not a banishment.