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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 services before, and little Kit and Molly appear to have been well looked after, but Kit has a broken arm and bruises on his face. Could it be they were a result of a genuine accident, as Aneta is claiming?
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Another fantastic story written by Cathy Glass.
- By Anonymous User on 08-09-2019
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Finding Stevie: A Dark Secret. A Child in Crisis.
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When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up. Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents, as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie’s behaviour, so they place him in care. Stevie is exploring his gender identity, and like many young people he spends time online. Cathy warns him about the dangers of talking to strangers online and advises him how to stay safe.
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Where Has Mummy Gone?
- A Young Girl and a Mother Who No Longer Knows Her
- By: Cathy Glass
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When Cathy is told about Melody’s terrible childhood, she is sure she’s heard it all before. But it isn’t long before she feels there is more going on than she or the social services are aware of. Although Melody is angry at having to leave her mother, she also worries about her obsessively - far more than is usual. Amanda, Melody’s mother, is also angry and takes it out on Cathy at contact, which again is something Cathy has experienced before. When Amanda misses contact, it is assumed she has forgotten, but nothing could have been further from the truth.
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Brilliant
- By Laura on 15-10-2019
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Will You Love Me?
- The Story of My Adopted Daughter Lucy
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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The 11th memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. This book tells the true story of Cathy's adopted daughter Lucy. Lucy was born to a single mother who had been abused and neglected for most of her own childhood. Right from the beginning Lucy's mother couldn't cope, but it wasn't until Lucy reached eight years old that she was finally taken into permanent foster care.
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All 5 stars for every book I've read
- By Lucy Fieldhouse on 24-11-2016
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Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child
- By: Cathy Glass
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- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive, and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last hope is Cathy Glass. At the Social Services office, Cathy (an experienced foster carer) is pressured into taking Jodie as a new placement. Jodie's challenging behaviour has seen off five carers in four months. Despite her reservations, Cathy decides to take on Jodie to protect her from being placed in an institution.
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Damaged.
- By Elba on 28-10-2015
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Cruel to Be Kind
- Saying No Can Save a Child's Life
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Cruel to Be Kind is the true story of Max, age six. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even before Max has moved in. Cathy and her family are shocked when they first meet Max. But his social worker isn't the only one in denial; his whole family are, too.
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Innocent: The True Story of Siblings Struggling to Survive
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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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 services before, and little Kit and Molly appear to have been well looked after, but Kit has a broken arm and bruises on his face. Could it be they were a result of a genuine accident, as Aneta is claiming?
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Another fantastic story written by Cathy Glass.
- By Anonymous User on 08-09-2019
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Finding Stevie: A Dark Secret. A Child in Crisis.
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it up. Stevie, together with his younger brother and sister, have been brought up by their grandparents, as their mother is in prison. But the grandparents can no longer cope with Stevie’s behaviour, so they place him in care. Stevie is exploring his gender identity, and like many young people he spends time online. Cathy warns him about the dangers of talking to strangers online and advises him how to stay safe.
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Where Has Mummy Gone?
- A Young Girl and a Mother Who No Longer Knows Her
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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When Cathy is told about Melody’s terrible childhood, she is sure she’s heard it all before. But it isn’t long before she feels there is more going on than she or the social services are aware of. Although Melody is angry at having to leave her mother, she also worries about her obsessively - far more than is usual. Amanda, Melody’s mother, is also angry and takes it out on Cathy at contact, which again is something Cathy has experienced before. When Amanda misses contact, it is assumed she has forgotten, but nothing could have been further from the truth.
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Brilliant
- By Laura on 15-10-2019
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Will You Love Me?
- The Story of My Adopted Daughter Lucy
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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The 11th memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. This book tells the true story of Cathy's adopted daughter Lucy. Lucy was born to a single mother who had been abused and neglected for most of her own childhood. Right from the beginning Lucy's mother couldn't cope, but it wasn't until Lucy reached eight years old that she was finally taken into permanent foster care.
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All 5 stars for every book I've read
- By Lucy Fieldhouse on 24-11-2016
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Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive, and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last hope is Cathy Glass. At the Social Services office, Cathy (an experienced foster carer) is pressured into taking Jodie as a new placement. Jodie's challenging behaviour has seen off five carers in four months. Despite her reservations, Cathy decides to take on Jodie to protect her from being placed in an institution.
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Damaged.
- By Elba on 28-10-2015
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Cruel to Be Kind
- Saying No Can Save a Child's Life
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Cruel to Be Kind is the true story of Max, age six. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even before Max has moved in. Cathy and her family are shocked when they first meet Max. But his social worker isn't the only one in denial; his whole family are, too.
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The Silent Cry
- There is little Kim can do as her mother's mental health spirals out of control
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help. The 16th 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.
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Cathy is a genuine caring person. love her books.
- By Emma on 03-02-2017
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Tiny Prisoners
- Two siblings trapped in a world of abuse. One woman determined to free them.
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penny MacDonald
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and scared when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister have hardly set foot outside their own home. They have been prisoners, locked in a world of abuse, violence and neglect. Maggie soon realises that Evie and Elliot are lacking the basic life skills we all take for granted, and the outside world terrifies them. Gradually unlocking the truth of their heartbreaking upbringing, Maggie tells their shocking true story.
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Girl Alone
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never got over it. This is the true story of Joss, 13, who is angry and out of control. At the age of nine, Joss finds her father's dead body. He has committed suicide. Then more recently her mother remarries, and Joss bitterly resents her stepfather, who abuses her mentally and physically.
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Love these books.
- By Alexa on 08-08-2016
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Saving Danny
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him and were sending him away. While Danny's parents have everything they could wish for in material terms, they are unable to care for their only child. This is where Cathy comes in.
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Cut: The true story of an abandoned, abused little girl who was desperate to be part of a family
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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In her new book, the Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling author of Damaged tells the story of the Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her. Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever fostered. Sweet and seemingly well balanced girl, Dawn's outward appearance masked a traumatic childhood so awful, that even she could not remember it.
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Very frustrating
- By Kylie Abecca on 20-07-2018
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Another Forgotten Child
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. Eight-year-old Aimee was on the child protection register at birth. Her five older siblings were taken into care many years ago. So no one can understand why she was left at home to suffer for so long. It seems Aimee was forgotten. The social services are looking for a very experienced foster carer to look after Aimee and, when she reads the referral, Cathy understands why.
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Fantastic!
- By Jessica Aspden on 24-06-2019
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Mummy Told Me Not to Tell
- The True Story of a Troubled Boy with a Dark Secret
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet. The latest title from the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged. Reece is the last of six siblings to be fostered. Having been in care for four months his aggressive and disruptive behaviour has seen him passed from carer to carer.
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Thanks again I loved the book as always Cathy is
- By Margaret Sawers on 21-11-2016
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The Saddest Girl in the World
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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The Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged 10, having been abused, victimised, and rejected by her family. Donna has been in foster care with her two young brothers for three weeks when she is abruptly moved to Cathy's. When Donna arrives she is silent, withdrawn, and walks with her shoulders hunched forward and her head down.
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Eye opening
- By Anonymous User on 21-04-2017
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Hidden
- Betrayed, Exploited and Forgotten - How One Boy Overcame the Odds
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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From the author of Number One bestseller Damaged comes the poignant and shocking memoir of Cathy's recent relationship with Tayo, a young boy she fosters whose good behaviour and polite manners hide a terrible past. Tayo arrives at Cathy's with only the clothes he stands up in. He has been brought to her by the police, but he is calm, polite, and very well spoken, and not at all like the children she normally fosters. The social worker gives Cathy the forms which should contain Tayo's history, but apart from his name and age, it is blank.
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Best book yet!!
- By Melissa on 12-08-2016
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Daddy's Little Princess
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn't long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be. Little Beth, aged 7, has been brought up by her father Derek after her mother left when she was a toddler. When Derek is suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems, Beth is taken into care and arrives at Cathy's.
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Brave little girl
- By James on 26-07-2015
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Please Don't Take My Baby
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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"I'm going to love my baby and give her lots of attention," Jade said. "I'll show my mum she's wrong." Jade, 17, is pregnant, homeless, and alone when she's brought to live with Cathy. Jade is desperate to keep her baby, but, little more than a child herself, she struggles with the responsibilities her daughter brings. Cathy is worried as soon as Jade arrives: she's never looked after a pregnant teenager before, but none of the mother-and-baby carers is free.
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Fab author, fab narration.
- By Liz Pralica on 30-11-2018
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I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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In her new book, Cathy Glass, the number one best-selling author of Damaged, tells the story of the Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother. Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathy's house. Drug-dependent and mentally ill, but desperate to keep hold of her daughter, Alice's mother snatches her from her parents' house and disappears.
Publisher's Summary
The true story of two-year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage.
Elaine and Ian had travelled halfway round the world to adopt little Anna. She couldn't have been more wanted, loved and cherished. So why was she now in foster care and living with me? It didn't make sense.
Until I learned what had happened...
Dressed only in nappies and ragged T-shirts, the children were incarcerated in their cots. Their large eyes stared out blankly from emaciated faces. Some were obviously disabled, others not, but all were badly undernourished. Flies circled around the broken ceiling fans and buzzed against the grids covering the windows. The only toys were a few balls and a handful of building bricks, but no child played with them. The silence was deafening and unnatural. Not one of the 30 or so infants cried, let alone spoke.
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- SushisArmy
- 04-08-2018
confused all around
at first I kept wondering if I was listening to a Cathy glass novel. But Denica kept me in. it all became clear as I followed poor Ana along her journey. I'm so happy she reconnected and was able to begin moving past her demons. once again, Cathy is amazing.
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- annnamarie bailey
- 11-03-2018
great book!
This was yet another great book by Cathy Glass. I highly recommend this author to anyone who enjoys true stories.
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- Joy
- 08-03-2018
Good read
Can't go wrong reading one of Cathy's books. Heartbreaking at times yet with her help , love and kindness she can it seems turn each child around and help them with a brighter future & a lot of times the parents as well. I have read all of her books and will continue as long as she writes them.
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- gina
- 27-02-2018
what a turn of events
the book was amazing could not put it down from the moment I got it Reddit within 2 days
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- nina flamer
- 08-06-2019
Cathy never disappoints !
once again Cathy Glass has managed to touch our hearts and open our eyes to the reality of broken homes and a broken system, scrambling perhaps to keep up with the many hurting children in the foster care system.I am a fan indeed.
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- Peaches
- 26-05-2019
Too pedantic for me
this was very disappointing. First off, the narrator was terrible, in my opinion. Very little inflection and a somewhat monotone voice. Next the story needed better editing to make it more interesting and concise. Too much boring and irrelevant detail at times.
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- Wanda
- 26-02-2018
About RAD with adopted children
I struggled to finish it because the story was mostly about adopting kids from a foreign country. however I did appreciate the psychological insights on Reactive attachment disorder.
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- Randi shelton
- 24-02-2018
Fantastic!
This was another great read! The narration was excellent as always, & the story was engrossing. It's the story of one family's experience with international adoption. Heartbreaking at times, but the end is truly amazing! I can't wait for the next book.
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- Jenny Davies
- 16-05-2018
Loved it all over again x
Loved reading it and loved listening to it!! Fantastic story... can’t wait for the next one
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- Louise
- 02-03-2018
Fantastic
Really enjoyed this book. Would highly recommend. Different than her other books but informative, emotional and a real page turner.
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- Jackie T
- 10-06-2019
Another Informative and good telling of Cathy's experience of Foster Caring and the Children She cares for
I particularly like this book because the story starts with the child and her background, Also the story of her Adoptive parents, including issues leading up to and during their wait to become her new parents,before being placed with Foster Carer Cathy and her family. I found it very informative highlighting situations that I knew only a little about.
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- mrs jane leake
- 23-04-2019
a long way from home.
love Cathy glass books.
great narrator. highly recommended all of her books are lovely lustening
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- Tracey
- 01-03-2019
A poignant and detailed story
What a heart rending tale! I had to keep listening right to the end. well narrated although the age of the reader often makes me feel Cathy is much older than she is. Another great listen...
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- coot
- 03-10-2018
A Long Way From Home
A gripping story about one you girls struggle to cope with her past. Then she lives with a family wanting to help her cope. I am now booked on Cathy Glass heart breaking then heart healing books.
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- Ms. R. BAILEY
- 03-08-2018
Amazing.
It’s an amazing read and you end up feeling for Anna so much. From the beginning you feel for the characters.
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- Joanne Robertson
- 28-07-2018
An amazing account of Anna
An excellent account of Anna's life and how she became adopted from overseas The ups and downs of how not only Anna but her parents coped through it all. Also how Cathy became part of her life.
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- Sue
- 08-03-2018
brilliant as always.
I thoroughly enjoy this book, it was beautifully written as always. the norrator was excellent too. can never put Cathy's books down, always sad when completed.
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- Chunk83
- 25-02-2018
Fantastic
I am a huge fan of Cathy Glass. This book was just one of hers I couldn't put down. I would recommend to my friends and family and anyone else for that matter x