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The Night the Angels Came
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development, Personal Development
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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with her two young brothers for three weeks when she is abruptly moved to Cathy's. When Donna arrives she is silent, withdrawn, and walks with her shoulders hunched forward and her head down.
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A Baby's Cry
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What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy's care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings. When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only concern is if she will remember how to look after a baby.
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Good but mainly uneventful
- By Christina on 11-03-2018
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Cruel to Be Kind
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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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Love these books
- By Anonymous User on 14-12-2020
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Please Don't Take My Baby
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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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Amazing
- By Sarah on 28-10-2021
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Daddy's Little Princess
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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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Cut: The true story of an abandoned, abused little girl who was desperate to be part of a family
- By: Cathy Glass
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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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An eye opener
- By Anonymous User on 24-03-2021
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The Saddest Girl in the World
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
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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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😭😭😭😭
- By Chloe hill on 02-03-2021
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A Baby's Cry
- By: Cathy Glass
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What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy's care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings. When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only concern is if she will remember how to look after a baby.
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Good but mainly uneventful
- By Christina on 11-03-2018
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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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Love these books
- By Anonymous User on 14-12-2020
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Please Don't Take My Baby
- By: Cathy Glass
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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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Amazing
- By Sarah on 28-10-2021
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Daddy's Little Princess
- By: Cathy Glass
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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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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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An eye opener
- By Anonymous User on 24-03-2021
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The Silent Cry
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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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good story
- By Anonymous User on 05-07-2020
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A Long Way from Home
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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.
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Cathy=amazing; book lacks emotional depth of novel
- By finnea on 01-02-2021
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Will You Love Me?
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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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Nobody's Son
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Born in a prison and removed from his drug-dependent mother, rejection is all that 7-year-old Alex knows. When Cathy is asked to foster little Alex, aged seven, her immediate reaction is: Why can't he stay with his present carers for the last month? He's already had many moves since coming into care as a toddler and he'll only be with her a short while before he goes to live with his permanent adoptive family. But the present carers are expecting a baby and the foster mother isn't coping, so Alex goes to live with Cathy.
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Not for me
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I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
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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.
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Can I Let You Go?
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An Impossible Decision is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child. Faye is 24 and pregnant and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother's alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and vulnerable and normally lives with her grandparents, both of whom have mobility problems. Cathy and her children welcome Faye into their home and hearts.
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So So Sad
- By Cheryl Nightingale on 14-06-2022
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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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great book
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Neglected
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- By: Cathy Glass
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Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. The police and social services have no choice but to remove two-year-old Jamey from home after his mother leaves him alone all night to go out partying. When he first arrives with foster carer Cathy Glass, he is scared, hungry and withdrawn, craving the affection he has been denied for so long. He is small for his age and unsteady on his feet–a result of being left for long periods in his cot.
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wonderful
- By Sarah on 30-06-2022
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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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Heartbreaking
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Girl Alone
- By: Cathy Glass
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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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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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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
Publisher's Summary
When Cathy receives a call about a terminally ill widower terrified of leaving his son all alone in the world, she is wracked with sadness and indecision. Can she risk exposing her own young children to a little boy on the brink of bereavement?
Eight-year-old Michael is part of a family of two, but with his beloved father given only months to live and his mother having died when he was a toddler, he could soon become an orphan. Will Cathy's own young family be able to handle a child in mourning?
To Cathy's surprise, her children insist that this boy deserves to be as happy as they are, prompting Cathy to welcome Michael into her home. A cheerful and carefree new member of the family, Michael devotedly prays every night, believing that when the time is right, angels will come and take his Daddy to be with his Mummy in heaven.
However, incredibly, in the weeks that pass, the bond between Cathy's family, Michael and his kind and loving father, Patrick, grows. Even more promising, Patrick is looking healthier than he's done in weeks.
But just as they are settling into a routine of blissful normality, an unexpected and disastrous event shatters the happy group, shaking Cathy to the core. Cathy can only hope that her family and Michael's admirable faith will keep him strong enough to rebuild his life.
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- gaddster 2003
- 29-10-2020
Strength & Heartbreaj
What an incredibly sad story for Patrick, Michael and Cathy, however, the strength shown by all three (as well as Cathy's children, Adrian & Paula) was absolutely heart warming. The best book so far for me.
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- Liz Pralica
- 26-03-2018
Cathy Glass rules!
Denica Fairman has an angelic voice that I will never tire of. Nor will I ever tire of Cathy Glass' books. She is one hell of an author!!
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- Kylie Abecca
- 18-03-2018
Very Emotionally Touching
This book had me openly weeping. So touching and heart wrenching. Definitely one I recommend.
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- DKITTY
- 13-05-2021
Wonder story
Sad but well written and not about abuse or neglect but of a loving parent doing the best for his son. Thank you Cath Glass for your work and books
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- 匿名
- 02-04-2021
The Night the Angles Came
I have been a foster parent in the USA for Thirty years and I enjoy the stories. I often can compare one of her cases to one of mine but this story is one I have not experienced with a younger child. It is sad but heartwarming. I did have a early teen girl that came to me with both parents deceased. She lived with us until she was 18 and heading for College. We are still in touch five years later.
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- SushisArmy
- 30-07-2018
made me cry
Michael's story made me cry. I knew his father was going to pass and when it finally happened, I bawled just as they did. once again, Cathy and Denica are amazing storytellers. I needed a break for the abuse stories and this was perfect. Cathy, your words of encouragement and love always shine through. fantastic work.
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- Grandma Di
- 14-12-2017
Very Good Read
Loved it! Was a very heart touching story of a woman with a compassionate heart.
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- Judy Ann Bertoson
- 03-04-2016
Excellent!!
This is my second book of Cathy Glass that I have read, like the first one I couldn't put it down. Cathy pulls you in so that you become part of the story, I felt every emotion, sad, happy. I was so happy that this story about fostering was not because, of physical or mental abuse and had a happy ending. Would I recommend this book? I just did.
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- Gloria Burkhart
- 13-02-2016
Touches Your Heart and Soul
As usual Cathy Glass' book is one that reaches out to you. Only this one is a bit different than her other books I read, as most readers have probably lost someone to cancer or known someone who has. The fallout of these losses is never easy only there is a young boy who is about to lose his parent. Both Cathy and her family are impacted by the loss as well.
I'm a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer who works with children in foster care or transitioning back home after foster care. I would suggest all CASA's read this book as it brings up things I've not thought of if I ever get a child in the same situation.
As an American, I've had to get used to some different vocabulary words and generally look up between 5 to 10 words that I can guess the meaning from context but I just wanted to make sure I was correct. I listen to many of the books and the person reading them does and excellent job! In listening to them it also brings a bit of England into my home.
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- Lauraji
- 16-07-2015
Wonderful book.
Another great book. I have now read all of Cathy Glass' books and am looking forward to the one coming out in September. This story is slightly different from the others in that the little boy she fosters doesn't have the many emotional and behavior issues but this story is equally moving and touching.b I typically read he Audible versions so that I can clean and now and drive while listening.
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- Dana Serna
- 22-06-2022
Very Moving
I love and read everyone of Cathy’s books but this was really touched me. I actually cried tears at the saddest part. No spoilers.
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- Brian Lee
- 05-05-2022
This book was so touching!
Another wonderful book by Cathy Class! Alhough the book was sad it still had such meaning behind it I never cried as I read it I just touches you in a very poignant way.. I learned so much from her books on how to parent and on life.
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- Sawdustninja
- 14-07-2015
Good listen
Wonderful book! So heartbreaking for Michael. I love all of Cathy's books and the person she choose to read them makes them that much better.
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- Sue Reid
- 15-10-2015
Good read
Not good with words so do not write reviews five stars is worth a read
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-12-2015
Smashing,
Beautiful, it takes quite a lot to make a grown man cry. This did do!
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- jenette edwards
- 04-05-2022
fantastic story
made me so happy to know the end but angry in the middle and cried near the end what an amazing person u are Cathy u are an inspiration to all foster carers xxxx
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- 匿名
- 17-04-2022
Well and truly a good read
This book was so well read. A beautiful but sad story of life.For a child would be so sad .
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- Kerrie Hector
- 27-02-2022
Absolutely heartbreaking but my favourite one
My absolute favourite of Cathy's books but I always find it heartbreaking to read/listen to.
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- Amanda
- 29-11-2021
Tears most of the way through
Firstly I'd like to say how much I enjoy your books also your narrator is perfect for all of your books dont let her go 😉
I knew this story would be upsetting but geez 2 - 3 & 4oclock in the morning in tears, all the characters you've added are just perfect with all of your books, im on now your book "a babys cry" and I can see already its going to be a very emotional book, I'd like to take this opportunity to say Thankyou Cathy I feel as though I know you with having most of your books, dont change a thing is all I say,
take care stay safe, Cathy and Denica
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- Anne
- 20-11-2021
Not my favourite but still enjoyable
Enjoyable, I think it made me realise that when I listen to Cathy's books I am identifying with the abused child. Because there is no abused child in this story, I didnt connect with it as much, but I still enjoyed it
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- Mr Gavin Clarkson
- 29-09-2021
recommend
had me hooked from the first chapter. the narrations was perfect. cried at chapters.
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- Sarah Hudson
- 30-05-2021
Amazing must read
I cried this touching memoir teaching us that Eve very on loss love shines though Micheals strength and cathys warm loving heart are great comfort I lost both my parents recently and I took great comfort from this beautiful book
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- Sally
- 08-04-2021
purely poignant & tearfully beautiful
This will make you humble, feel great joy in such a tearful sadness. Beautifully written
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