Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son.
Angie, 6, and her sister, Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive at Cathy's house, having been taken from their home by social workers, after their older half-sister, Ashleigh, accuses their father of raping her.
This book tells the story of Jamey, two-and-a-half years old, who is suffering from severe neglect. The police remove Jamey from home and take him to foster carer, Cathy. But as Jamey settles into Cathy's home a new threat emerges and coronavirus changes everything.
The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.Oskar's school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar's mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of 'friends', but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruises on his arms, legs and body. Experienced foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to look after him, but as the weeks pass her concerns deepen. Oskar is far too quiet for a child of six and is clearly scared of somethi...
Die zehnjährige Donna wurde von dem Menschen schikaniert und gequält, von dem sie nur Liebe wollte: ihrer eigenen Mutter. Traumatisiert findet sie ein neues Zuhause bei der Pflegemutter Cathy Glass, die dem verschüchterten Mädchen mit viel Geduld neuen Mut schenkt. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt Donna nicht los, und sie beginnt, Cathys kleine Tochter mit den gleichen Methoden zu drangsalieren, die sie selbst erleiden musste. Cathy steht vor der ...
Ihr neues Pflegekind gibt Cathy Glass Rätsel auf: Die dreizehnjährige Dawn schwänzt die Schule, treibt sich in Bars herum - und ritzt sich. Vergeblich versucht Cathy herauszufinden, warum sich das Mädchen so quält. Weder das Jugendamt noch Dawns gleichgültige Mutter sind ihr dabei eine Hilfe. Mit unendlicher Geduld und großem Einfühlungsvermögen gewinnt Cathy schließlich das Vertrauen des Kindes und entdeckt seine dunkle Vergangenheit ...
Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, who are brought into care as an emergency after suffering non-accidental injuries.Aneta and Filip, the children's parents, are distraught when their children are taken into care. Aneta maintains she is innocent of harming them, while Filip appears bewildered and out of his depth. It's true the family has never come to the attention of the social ...
The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. It is the first time Laura has been out since the birth of her baby when Cathy sees her in the school playground. A joyful occasion but Cathy has the feeling something is wrong. By the time she discovers what it is, it is too late. This is the true story of Laura whose life touches Cathy's in a way she could never have foreseen. It is also the true stories of little Darrel, Samson and Hayley who s...
