Lonely Boy

By Rod Evans

This book is about my life for thirteen years as a ward of the State of New Jersey. There were many days of sadness and longing to belong to a family, as well as plenty of adventures, along with some happiness. I met many interesting people. One day I even met my father, whom I had never seen. There are many more true events to read about in this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 21, 2011
• ISBN: 9781468523652

Rod Evans

My name is Rod F. Evans, and I was a foster child in the state of New Jersey for thirteen years. This book will give you an idea of what kind of life I had. There was sorrow and laughter and, above all, many heartaches. I am seventy-nine years old now. This book was written by thinking way back to when I was young and all of this happened to me and my brothers and sister. Even though it brought us a lot of troubles and headaches, it was a fairly nice time for me while all the Evanses were together; however, when they all started to leave, that was when my life started to change. The little time I spent with my sister was one of the happiest times. Every time I have contacted the Child Welfare Department of New Jersey for confirmation as to where I was during these thirteen years, they have always answered with different dates as well as different addresses. Every letter I received from them said that I lived in some house that I never heard of and never lived in. It was like they never knew where I was.

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© 2011 by Rod Evans. All rights reserved.

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First published by AuthorHouse 12/16/2011

ISBN: 978-1-4685-2366-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4685-2365-2 (ebk)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I cannot leave out my wife Barbara, who was more than willing to assist me, and who put in long, hard, hours of knowing devotion to me. I also would like to thank my son, Michael F. Evans, for his outstanding help, and my daughter, Rosie Marie Babb, for her help. I would also like to thank Lisa and Michael Lorenson and Patti Lorenson for donating pictures to go in the book.

I, Rod F. Evans, was born in Monmouth Memorial Hospital on the August 26, 1932, in Long Branch, New Jersey. My family consisted of my father, Leroy Evans, and my mother, Dora Van Dyke Evans, as well as five girls and six boys. Two other children had died at birth.

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My mother

Dora Van Dyke Evans

We lived in a house in Union Beach, New Jersey. It was a small, comfortable, crowded home, but it was livable. Our father left shortly after I was born. We had a very hard time but did our best to survive. However, the four oldest girls decided the best thing for them was to get