The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir

In this deeply moving and heartfelt memoir, Rowell shares her astonishing story of growing up in the foster care system, and pays tribute to her personal champions--the remarkable women who loved, nurtured, taught, and challenged the young girl to become the person she is today.

Author: Victoria Rowell
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780061246609

About the Author
Rowell, Victoria: -

At age eight, Victoria Rowell won a Ford Foundation grant to study ballet and later went on to train and dance professionally under the auspices of the American Ballet Theatre, Twyla Tharp Workshop, and the Juilliard School before becoming an actress. She is the founder of the Rowell Foster Children Positive Plan, which provides scholarships in the arts and education to foster youth, and serves as national spokesperson for the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services. Rowell is an award-winning actress and veteran of many acclaimed feature films and several television series, including eight seasons on Diagnosis Murder, and has starred for the past thirteen years as Drucilla Winters on CBS's #1 daytime drama The Young and the Restless.