A Chance in the World: an Orphan Boy,a Mysterious Past,
and How He Found a Place Called Home
by Steve Pemberton

Following last year’s popular One Book, One Campus selection- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, RCC has chosen Steve Pemberton’s A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, A Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home, RCC was fortunate to have him as our 2012 Commencement speaker.

About the Book

His riveting memoir chronicles his difficult path through foster care and his determined search for his family. It is an inspirational story that crosses generations and cultures, but specifically speaks to those who have had the odds stacked against them. Steve’s relentless journey to overcome his life in foster care, find his biological family, and right the wrongs of his parents’ past, is a miraculous story of resilience and survival. It is a true testament of faith, fortitude, and forgiveness. Steve Pemberton is Chief Diversity Officer and Divisional Vice-President for Walgreens, the first such person to hold that responsibility in the company’s 110-year history.