The book "Finding Fish," is a memoir of Antwone Quenton Fisher’s chilling life of abuse and his search of finding himself. Antwone Fisher felt like an unwanted guest in this world all throughout his childhood and on into his adult years, (Fisher & Rivas, 2001). Antwone’s teenage mother gave birth to him in a prison institution and Antwone remained in institutions for the next eighteen years of his life. Antwone started his infancy in a Cleveland orphanage until his placement in his first of two foster homes. Antwone’s first foster mother Nellie Strange provided a loving and nurturing home for the first two years of his life. The care Antwone received during these toddler years could've very well contributed to his resilience to adapt to the adversity he lived throughout his childhood, (Fisher & Rivas, 2001).
In 1961 Antwone was moved from Nellie’s home and place in the care of the Pickett family where he remained until he was sixteen years old. It was here that Antwone suffered through horrendous physical, verbal, sexual and emotional abuse, despite having thirteen different social workers overseeing his case. Antwone had three foster siblings: Flo, Dwight and for a short time Keith. Between the four of them not one trusted any of the social workers enough to tell about their abuse. Their abuse was so chronic, lasting for many years that all lacked enough confidence to seek out someone to trust and share about their abuse. Antwone had to raise himself and became a parentified child when he had to bathe and care for some of the mentally ill wards of the state the Pickett’s took in, (Fisher & Rivas, 2001).
At sixteen years old Antwone was kicked out of the Pickett’s home and with the help of his last social worker Miss Nees, Antwone made the choice to finish out his schooling at a reform school for boys. Unfortunately when Antwone turned eighteen he had to leave the school; therefore, he became homeless. If it weren't for hi...