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. But upon collecting Harrison from the hospital, Cathy realises she has more to worry than she thought when she discovers that his background is shrouded in secrecy. She isn’t told why Harrison is in foster care and his social worker says only a few are aware of his very existence, and if his whereabouts became known his life, and that of his parents, could be in danger. Cathy tries to put her worries aside as she looks after Harrison, a beautiful baby, who is alert and engaging. Cathy and her children quickly bond with Harrison although they know that, inevitably, he will eventually be adopted. But when a woman Cathy doesn’t know starts appearing in the street outside her house acting suspiciously, Cathy fears for her own family’s safety and demands some answers from Harrison’s social worker. The social worker tells Cathy a little but what she says is very disturbing . How is this woman connected to Harrison and can she answer the questions that will affect Harrison’s whole life?

A Baby’s Cry

Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass returns with her first novel. The Girl in the Mirror is a moving and gripping story of a young woman who tries to piece together her past and uncovers a dreadful family secret that has been buried and forgotten. When Mandy learns her much-loved Grandpa is dying, she is devasted and returns to the house where she spent so many wonderful summers as a child. But the childhood visits ended abruptly and those happy days are now long gone. Having lost touch with the rest of her family, Mandy returns as a virtual stranger to her aunt's house to nurse her grandfather. Mandy hardly recognises the house that she loved so much as a child and it is almost as though her mind has blanked it out. But as certain memories come back to her, Mandy begins to piece together the events that brought a sudden end to her visits that fateful summer. What she discovers is so painful and shocking that she understands why it was buried and never spoken of by the family for all those years.

The Girl in the Mirror

The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care. 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, as many children coming into care are, 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. Yet there is a lost and vulnerable look about Amanda, and Cathy starts to see why Melody worries about her and feels she needs looking after. When Amanda misses contact, it is assumed she has forgotten, but nothing could have been further from the truth…

Where Has Mummy Gone?

Million-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of 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. During the first night, Cathy awoke to see Dawn looming above Cathy’s baby’s cot, her eyes staring and blank. She sleepwalks – which Cathy learns is often a manifestation in disturbed children. It becomes a regular and frightening occurrence, and Cathy is horrified to find Dawn lighting a match whilst mumbling it’s not my fault in her sleep one night. Cathy discovers Dawn is playing truant from school, and struggling to make friends. More worryingly she finds her room empty one night, and her pillow covered in blood. Dawn has been self-harming in order to release the pain of her past. When Dawn attempts suicide, Cathy realises that she needs more help than she can give. Dawn’s mother eventually confides in her that Dawn was sent away to live with relatives in Ireland between the ages of 5 and 9, and Cathy soon realises that the horrors Dawn was exposed to during this time have left her a very disturbed little girl.

Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never gotten 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 her mother remarries and Joss bitterly resents her step-father who abuses her mentally and physically. Cathy takes Joss under her wing but will she ever be able to get through to the warm-hearted girl she sees glimpses of underneath the vehement outbreaks of anger that dominate the house, and will Cathy be able to build up Joss’s trust so she can learn the full truth of the terrible situation?

Girl Alone

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. On a cold dark evening Danny finds a place in her home where he can be himself; away from his parents’ impatience and frustration. Often in his own little world, six-year-old Danny finds it difficult to communicate, finding solace in his best friend and confidant George – his rabbit. Cathy quickly becomes aware of his obsessively meticulous behaviour in addition to his love of patterns, he sees them everywhere and creates them at any opportunity – in his play and also with his food. She realises that patience is the key to looking after Danny as well as her well-tried strategies for managing children’s behaviour. With his father refusing to cooperate, it becomes increasingly likely that Danny will be living with Cathy permanently until she gets an opportunity to speak her piece.

Saving Danny

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child. Faye is 24, 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. The care plan is for Faye to stay with Cathy until after the birth when she will return home and the baby will go for adoption. Given that Faye never goes out alone it is something of a mystery how she ever became pregnant and Faye says it’s a secret. To begin with Faye won’t acknowledge she is pregnant or talk about the changes in her body as she worries it will upset her grandparents, but after her social worker assures her she can talk to Cathy she opens up. However, this leads to Faye realizing just how much she will lose and she changes her mind and says she wants to keep her baby. Is it possible Faye could learn enough to parent her child? Cathy believes it is, and Faye’s social worker is obliged to give Faye the chance.

Can I Let You Go?

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy. Tilly arrives with a graze on her cheek and Cathy becomes increasingly concerned by Dave’s behaviour, especially when she learns he has been showering Tilly with gifts. While she’s busy looking after Tilly and trying to keep her safe, Cathy is also worried about her own daughter, Lucy. She has a very difficult decision to make that will affect the rest of her life, and Cathy hopes she makes the right choice.

A Terrible Secret

Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest son. Struggling to cope, she puts Jackson into foster care. Cathy, his carer, encourages Jackson to talk about what has happened to his family, but he just won’t engage. His actions continue to test and worry everyone. Then, in a dramatic turn of events, the true reason for Jackson’s behaviour comes to light …

A Life Lost

A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. 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.

The Night the Angels Came

Cathy Glass, international bestselling author, tells the shocking story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from her family. When 14 -year-old Zeena begs to be taken into care with a non-Asian family, she is clearly petrified. But of what? Placed in the home of experienced foster carer Cathy and her family, Zeena gradually settles into her new life, but misses her little brothers and sisters terribly. Prevented from having any contact with them by her family who insist she has brought shame and dishonour on the whole community, Zeena tries to see them at school. But when her father and uncle find out, they bundle her into a car and threaten to set fire to her if she makes anymore trouble. Zeena is too frightened to press charges against them despite being offered police protection in a safe house. Eventually, Cathy discovers the devastating truth from Zeena, and with devastation she believes there is little she can do to help her.

The Child Bride

‘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, and – seventeen years old, seven months pregnant and homeless – Jade is in a desperate situation. But Jade doesn’t want to listen or advice and although her daughter is born safely it isn’t long before Jade’s in trouble with the police. Cathy knows that Jade loves her daughter with all her heart, but will she be able to get through to Jade in time to make her realise just how much she might lose?

Please Don’t Take My Baby

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. Despite her reservations, Cathy agrees to Aimee on – there is something about her that reminds Cathy of Jodie (the subject of ‘Damaged’ and the most disturbed child Cathy has cared for), and reading the report instantly tugs at her heart strings. When she arrives, Aimee is angry. And she has every right to be. She has spent the first eight years of her life living with her drug-dependent mother in a flat that the social worker described as ‘not fit for human habitation’. Aimee is so grateful as she snuggles into her bed at Cathy’s house on the first night that it brings Cathy to tears. Aimee’s aggressive mother is constantly causing trouble at contact, and makes sweeping allegations against Cathy and her family in front of her daughter as well. It is a trying time for Cathy, and it makes it difficult for Aimee to settle. But as Aimee begins to trust Cathy, she starts to open up. And the more Cathy learns about Aimee’s life before she came into care, the more horrified she becomes. It’s clear that Aimee should have been rescued much sooner and as her journey seems to be coming to a happy end, Cathy can’t help but reflect on all the other ‘forgotten children’ that are still suffering…

Another Forgotten Child

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 something or someone. And who are those men parked outside his school watching him?

Too Scared to Tell

The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage. Elaine and Ian had travelled half way 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 thirty or so infants cried, let alone spoke.

A Long Way from Home

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. 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.

Cruel to Be Kind

Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way … Damian is just seven when he is taken in by foster carer Cathy Glass. His mother, Rachel, loves her three young children dearly, but she is vulnerable, naive and unable to cope on her own. Cathy sets about helping Damian overcome his eating issues, with the hope that he will eventually return home. But when Rachel’s new boyfriend, Troy, arrives on the scene, Cathy becomes deeply concerned. She soon realises that Damian and his siblings are in great danger …

Unsafe

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. Cathy and her family find Jamey very easy to love, but as he settles in and makes progress, a new threat emerges. Coronavirus and lockdown change everything.

Neglected

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN. OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING. THE STORY OF ONE CHILD SHE COULD NEVER FORGET. Seven-year-old Reece is the last of six siblings to be taken into foster care. He can't cope with school and is often excluded for his violent and aggressive outbursts. But behind that anger is a kind little boy with secrets – he's just too scared to tell. 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. 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. Although only 7, he has been excluded from school, and bites people so often that his mother calls him 'Sharky'. Cathy wants to find the answers for Reece’s distressing behaviour, but he has been sworn to secrecy by his mother, and will not tell them anything. As the social worker prepares for the final hearing, he finds five different files on Reece’s family, and is incredulous that he had not been removed from them as a baby. When the darkest of family secrets is revealed to Cathy, Reece’s behaviour suddenly starts to make sense, and together they can begin to rebuild his life. The latest title from the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged.

Mummy Told Me Not to Tell

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 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? Both children become sick with a mysterious illness while, experienced foster carer, Cathy, is looking after them. Very worried, she asks for more hospital tests to be done. They’ve already had a lot. When Cathy’s daughter, Lucy, becomes ill too she believes she has found the cause of Kit and Molly’s illness and the parents aren’t to blame. However, nothing could be further from the truth and what comes to light is far more sinister and shocking.

Innocent

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. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by their social worker. Lara has fled an abusive relationship and Arthur has suspected non-accidental injuries. Cathy must monitor Lara whenever she is with her son, day and night. She cannot let them out of her sight for a minute. Lara loves her son, but she puts her own needs first. Cathy must teach Lara how to care for Arthur, but will it be enough to allow her to keep him?

Unwanted

The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. 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. Beth and her father clearly love each other very much and Derek spoils his daughter, treating her like a princess, but there is something bothering Cathy, something she can’t quite put her finger on. Meanwhile Cathy’s husband is working away a lot and coming home less at weekends. Then, suddenly, everything changes. Events take a dramatic turn for both Beth and Cathy and her family; as Cathy strives to pick up the pieces all their lives are changed forever.

Daddy’s Little Princess

The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy soon uncovers how dangerous their situation has truly become. Riley and his two little siblings, Jayden and Lola, are not safe at home. With all three children in her care, will Cathy be able to rebuild their lives – and Janie’s?

Helpless

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 7, 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. He settles easily and is very much looking forward to having a forever family of his own. The introductions and move to his adoptive family go well. But Alex is only with them for a week when problems begin. What happens next is both shocking and upsetting, and calls into question the whole adoption process.

Nobody’s Son

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online. 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. When his younger siblings tell their grandmother that they have a secret they can’t tell, Cathy is worried. However, nothing could have prepared her for the truth when Stevie finally breaks down and confesses what he’s done.

Finding Stevie

In her new book, Cathy Glass, the no.1 bestselling 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. Cathy spends three anxious days worrying about her whereabouts before Alice is found safe, but traumatised. Alice is like a little doll, so young and vulnerable, and she immediately finds her place in the heart of Cathy's family. She talks openly about her mummy, who she dearly loves, and how happy she was living with her maternal grandparents before she was put into care. Alice has clearly been very well looked after and Cathy can't understand why she couldn't stay with her grandparents. It emerges that Alice's grandparents are considered too old (they are in their early sixties) and that the plan is that Alice will stay with Cathy for a month before moving to live with her father and his new wife. The grandparents are distraught – Alice has never known her father, and her grandparents claim he is a violent drug dealer. Desperate to help Alice find the happy home she deserves, Cathy's parenting skills are tested in many new ways. Finally questions are asked about Alice's father suitability, and his true colours begin to emerge.

I Miss Mummy

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller. At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass… As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most. One of Cathy’s earliest and bestselling memoirs, Damaged is a heartbreaking story that proves just how valuable foster carers are for society’s most vulnerable children.

Damaged

Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to keep them safe. Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they are inconsolable. They just want their mummy and daddy, whom they love dearly. The girls appear to have been well looked after, but as they settle and start to talk of life at home, it becomes clear something is badly wrong. Then a chance remark sets in motion a chain of events that eventually changes everything.

A Family Torn Apart

Tilly hatar sin styvpappa, Dave. Han misshandlar hennes mamma, men hon vägrar att lämna honom. Orolig för sin egen säkerhet ber Tilly om att få komma till ett fosterhem och blir placerad hos Cathy. Tilly anländer med ett skrapsår på kinden och Cathy blir alltmer bekymrad över Daves beteende, speciellt när hon får reda på att han har överöst Tilly med presenter. Medan hon är upptagen med att se efter Tilly och försöka ge henne en trygg tillvaro, är Cathy också oroad för sin egen dotter, Lucy. Hon står inför ett stort val som kommer påverka resten av hennes liv, och Cathy hoppas att hon fattar rätt beslut.

Förödande barndomar

En fruktansvärd hemlighet

From the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged, the gripping story of a woman caught in a horrific cycle of abuse – and the desperate lengths she must go to, to escape. When Aisha spots an ad for a 'personal introductory service for professionals' in the newspaper, she could never have guessed it would lead to such a perfect marriage. But you should be careful what you wish for… Mark is sorry the first time he hits Aisha. His tears make her all the more determined to be a better wife; not to let herself down again. But however hard Aisha tries, she can't live up to Mark's impossible expectations – or escape his terrifying, violent temper. Soon she is trapped in a cycle of horrific abuse and imprisonment. And with two young children to protect, Aisha must draw on what strength she has left to find an escape. What follows is something so devastating it plunges Aisha into her darkest days yet. Is the price she must pay for freedom too high?

Run, Mummy, Run

When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned. The baby is coming to her straight from hospital and will have no contact with her teenage mother, Haylea. Even more worrying, she will be brought to Cathy with a police escort as it’s vital her extended family don’t know where she is. Abandoned at birth, Cathy and her family quickly bond with little Darcy-May although they have to accept she will eventually leave them to be adopted. But fostering is rarely straight forward, and when Haylea asks to see her baby a different story begins to emerge. It’s so alarming that even Cathy, a highly experienced foster carer, struggles.

An Innocent Baby

The eleventh 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. By the time Lucy is brought to live with Cathy she is eleven years old and severely distressed after being moved from one foster home to another. Withdrawn, refusing to eat and three years behind in her schooling, it is thought that the damage Lucy has suffered is irreversible. But Cathy and her two children bond with Lucy quickly, and break through to Lucy in a way no-one else has been able to, finally showing her the loving home she never believed existed. Cathy and Lucy believe they were always destined to be mother and daughter – it just took them a little while to find each other.

Will You Love Me?

ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING CARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN 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. Tayo has no past. Tayo is an 'invisible' child, kidnapped from his loving father in Nigeria and brought illegally to the UK by his drink and drugs dependent prostitute mother, where he is put to work in a sweat shop in Central London. When he sustains an injury and is no longer earning, he is cast out. When Cathy takes Tayo to school and he points out a dozen different addresses where he has stayed in the last six months, often being left alone. Tayo lies, and manipulates situations to his own advantage and Cathy has to be continually on guard. Tayo’s social worker searches all computer databases but there is no record of Tayo – he has only attended school for 3 terms and has never seen a doctor. He and his mother have been evading the authorities by living ‘underground’. With his mother recently released from prison, Tayo is desperate to live with his father in Nigeria, but no one can track him down or even prove that he exists.

Hidden

The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help. 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 she fosters when their parents need help. Some stories can have a happy ending and others cannot, but as a foster carer Cathy can only do her best.

The Silent Cry

Number 1 bestselling author, Cathy Glass, shares her experience and expertise gained across 25 years as a foster carer in this brilliantly practical self-help guide for adults, the long-awaited sequel to her much-loved parenting guide that fans of Happy Kids have been clamouring for. Cathy Glass reveals the secrets of happiness and contentment in adulthood by combining common-sense psychology with tried-and-tested strategies and case studies, always from her own unique and insightful perspective. With practical guidance on how to develop your own optimistic personal philosophy, tips on when to listen to intuition, and attitude and lifestyle suggestions, Happy Adults is the essential manual for getting the best out of life. The recipient of thousands of letters and emails from readers touched by her inspirational memoirs whose own life stories resonate with those of the children in her care, Cathy has identified the key traits in happy readers that have buoyed them up during harrowing childhoods, through to functional and successful adulthood. Compiling these valuable lessons on outlook and behaviour, for instance, how to dispel negativity and unproductive anger and embrace empowerment, and the importance of trust in oneself, Cathy has produced a single invaluable handbook for adults seeking fundamental life guidance or useful effective approaches for a lifetime of hope and fulfilment.

Happy Adults

The second novel, and first quick read title, from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. My Dad's a Policeman is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother. Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life of happiness and security he tells everyone he meets his dad's a policeman. Fast-paced and compelling, this short story from Cathy Glass follows the experiences of a Ryan, a small and lonely 12-year-old boy who struggles to fit in. In an attempt to make friends, and discourage the school bullies from picking on him, Ryan tells his peers that his dad is a policeman. When the police actually turn up on Ryan's doorstep, to take him away from his alcoholic mother and put him in care, his life crumbles. It's not long before Ryan has run away, taking a long bus ride back across the city, desperate to get back to the inner-city life he knows. Keeping a low profile, and sneaking in to his best friend's house late a night for shelter, he soon discovers that he's not the only one who appears to be stretching the truth about the happiness of his home life.

My Dad’s a Policeman

A fresh and practical guide to successfully managing children’s behaviour – from babies to young adults. Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for 30 years, during this time fostering more than 150 children, as well as bringing up three of own. Many of these children have had severe behavioural difficulties and have come to Cathy as a last resort, when their parents or carers were no longer able to cope. Drawing on a combination of years of training and extensive personal experience, in this comprehensive guide, Cathy passes on her tried and tested methods for guiding, nurturing and disciplining children. Approaching child development chronologically, this book guides you through Cathy's incredibly simple and effective 3Rs technique: Request, Repeat and Reassure. Within this framework, Cathy addresses a host of childcare issues, including, amongst others, why children misbehave and what parents can do to the change this, how diet can affect children's behaviour, what parents can do to avoid sibling rivalry, and how to spot and address the behavioural symptoms of special needs such as dyslexia, autism, ADHD and bipolar. Applicable to all age groups – from newborn babies to young adults – Happy Kids is a clear and concise guide to raising confident, well-behaved and happy children.

Happy Kids

The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged ten, having been abused, victimised and rejected by her family. Donna had 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. Donna is clearly a very haunted child and refuses to interact with Cathy’s children Adrian and Paula. After patience and encouragement from Cathy, Donna slowly starts to talk and tells Cathy that she blames herself for her and her brothers being placed in care. The social services were aware that Donna and her brothers had been neglected by their alcoholic mother, but no one realised the extent of the abuse they were forced to suffer. The truth of the physical torment she was put through slowly emerges, and as Donna grows to trust Cathy she tells her how her mother used to make her wash herself with wire wool so that she could get rid of her skin colour as her mother was so ashamed that Donna was mixed race. The psychological wounds caused by the bullying she received also start to resurface when Donna starts reenacting the ways she was treated at home by hitting and bullying Paula, so much so that Cathy can’t let Donna out of her sight. As the pressure begins to mount on Cathy to help this child, things start to get worse and Donna begins behaving in erratic ways, trashing her bedroom and being regularly abusive towards Cathy’s children. Cathy begins to wonder if she can find a way to help this child or if Donna’s scars run too deep.

The Saddest Girl in the World

Waargebeurde en hartverscheurende verhalen over een pleegmoeder en de kinderen die aan haar zorgen worden toevertrouwd Cathy is al vijfentwintig jaar pleegouder en heeft al meer dan honderd kinderen onder haar hoede gehad. In dit hartverscheurende boek beschrijft ze het heftige en waargebeurde verhaal van Tilly. Tilly haat haar stiefvader Dave. Hij misbruikt haar moeder, maar haar moeder weigert hem te verlaten. Bang voor haar eigen veiligheid vraagt Tilly om opgenomen te worden in een pleeggezin, en ze wordt bij Cathy geplaatst. Wanneer Tilly een schram op haar wang heeft als ze terugkomt van een bezoek aan haar moeder en stiefvader, maakt Cathy zich steeds meer zorgen over Daves gedrag. Vooral als ze ontdekt dat hij Tilly heeft overladen met cadeautjes. Ook om haar eigen dochter Lucy maakt Cathy zich ongerust. Lucy is zwanger van haar vriend die ze nog maar net kent en moet bedenken of ze het kind zal houden. Een moeilijke beslissing die de rest van haar leven zal beïnvloeden. In de pers ‘De Britse pleegmoeder Cathy Glass legt haar persoonlijke ervaringen vast in beklijvende boeken.’ De Telegraaf ‘Hartverscheurend.’ The Mirror ‘De auteur weet met haar indringende schrijfstijl het onderwerp pleegzorg bij je binnen te laten komen en je aan het denken te zetten.’ NBD Biblion

Een verschrikkelijk geheim

Het ontroerende, waargebeurde verhaal van een meisje en de strijd om haar voogdij Op de dag dat de vierjarige Alice naar het pleeggezin van Cathy zou gaan, wordt ze onverwacht door haar moeder meegenomen. Alice’ moeder, drugsverslaafd en geestelijk ziek, probeert wanhopig te voorkomen dat ze haar dochter kwijtraakt. Cathy maakt drie angstige dagen door tot Alice terug wordt gevonden, veilig maar getraumatiseerd. Al snel verovert de kleine, kwetsbare Alice het hart van Cathy. Ze praat veel over haar moeder, op wie ze dol is, en over hoe fijn ze het vond om bij haar opa en oma te wonen voordat ze naar het pleeggezin werd overgebracht. Het wordt Cathy duidelijk dat Alice heel liefdevol werd opgevoed door haar grootouders en ze begrijpt niet waarom Alice daar niet kon blijven. Het blijkt dat de grootouders te oud worden bevonden – ze zijn begin zestig – en dat men van plan is Alice na een maand bij Cathy over te plaatsen naar haar vader en zijn nieuwe vriendin. De grootouders zijn radeloos: Alice heeft haar vader nooit gekend en hij is volgens hen een gewelddadige drugsdealer. Cathy’s opvoedkundige ervaringen worden op veel manieren op de proef gesteld als ze een veilig en gelukkig thuis voor Alice probeert te vinden. Als er uiteindelijk vragen worden gesteld over de geschiktheid van Alice’ vader, komt zijn ware aard naar boven… De pers over de boeken van Cathy Glass ‘De Britse pleegmoeder Cathy Glass legt haar persoonlijke ervaringen vast in beklijvende romans.’ De Telegraaf ‘De auteur weet met haar indringende schrijfstijl het onderwerp pleegzorg bij je binnen te laten komen en je aan het denken te zetten.’ NBD Biblion ‘Hartverscheurend.’ The Mirror

Mama ik mis je

Van de boeken van pleegmoeder Cathy Glass werden wereldwijd al meer dan 3 miljoen exemplaren verkocht Cathy Glass heeft al meer dan 25 jaar ervaring als pleegouder Dit is het persoonlijke en waargebeurde verhaal van Melody, die op achtjarige leeftijd wordt weggehaald bij haar alleenstaande drugsverslaafde moeder. Melody is kwaad dat ze niet thuis kan blijven wonen en in het pleeggezin van Cathy moet blijven, maar ze lijkt zich ook wel erg veel zorgen te maken om haar moeder – veel meer dan Cathy ooit heeft gezien. Amanda, Melody's moeder, is ook boos en haalt tijdens hun afspraken een paar keer flink uit naar Cathy. Iets wat Cathy al eerder heeft meegemaakt met andere ouders, dus dat baart haar niet direct zorgen. Maar wanneer ze de verloren en kwetsbare blik op Amanda's gezicht ziet, begint Cathy net zo bezorgd te worden als Melody. En wanneer Amanda een afspraak mist, wordt er aangenomen dat ze het gewoon vergeten is, maar niets is minder waar… De pers over de boeken van Cathy Glass: 'De Britse pleegmoeder Cathy Glass legt haar persoonlijke ervaringen vast in beklijvende boeken.' De Telegraaf 'De auteur weet met haar indringende schrijfstijl het onderwerp pleegzorg bij je binnen te laten komen en je aan het denken te zetten.' NBD Biblion

Waar is mama?

Cuando Reece, un niño de siete años, llega a casa de Cathy en régimen de acogida, ya ha pasado por otras cuatro familias. Ha sido expulsado de varios colegios por su comportamiento agresivo y alborotador. Cathy quiere encontrar los motivos del alarmante comportamiento del niño, pero él no cuenta nada porque su madre le hizo jurar que guardaría el secreto. Cuando el trabajador social que lleva el caso de Reece recaba información para la vista final de la causa, encuentra cinco archivos sobre la familia. Tras leerlos, no puede creer que las autoridades no sacaran al niño de la casa siendo aún un bebé. Al enterarse Cathy del secreto más oscuro de la familia de Reece, el comportamiento del niño empieza a tener sentido de repente, y decide ayudarle a reconstruir su vida. "He disfrutado enormemente con este libro. Tiene un estilo sencillo, directo y, aun así, lleno de fuerza". Goodreads

Harper Bolsillo

Mamá no me deja contarlo

Hur många gånger kan en liten flickas hjärta brista? I smutsiga blöjor och trasiga t-shirts hölls barnen instängda i sina spjälsängar. De stirrade med tomma blickar i utmärglade ansikten. Alla var svårt undernärda och flugor surrade mot gallren för fönstren. Det var synen som mötte Elaine och Ian när de anlände till det östeuropeiska barnhem som de skulle hämta hem sin lilla adopterade flicka från. Väl på plats informerades de om att flickan hade dött. I stället erbjöds de en annan, äldre flicka – tvååriga Anna. Hon kunde inte ha varit mer önskad, älskad eller efterlängtad. Ändå blev det katastrof. Anna var livrädd och arg över att tas från sin invanda miljö, hur hemsk den än var, och svarade väldigt våldsamt och utagerande på sin tillvaro. Ian och Elaine fick allt svårare att hantera Anna och tvingas till slut att lämna bort henne. Så småningom hamnar Anna hos Cathy Glass. Långt hemifrån är en sann och emotionellt gripande berättelse.

Långt hemifrån

Aimee är åtta år och har funnits med i socialtjänstens register sen hon föddes. Hennes fem äldre syskon omhändertogs för många år sen och ingen kan förstå varför Aimee lämnades kvar i misären så länge. Det verkar som att hon bara glömdes bort. När Aimee flyttar in hos Cathy är hon arg – och det har hon all rätt att vara. Hon har fram tills nu bott med sin drogmissbrukande mamma Susan, i en lägenhet som av socialsekreteraren beskrivits som ”olämplig för människor att bo i”. Aimee är så tacksam när hon kryper i säng den första kvällen att Cathy blir tårögd. Men Susan riktar anklagelser mot Cathys familj och gör allt hon kan för att Aimee inte ska få bo kvar hos dem. Aimee vill vara lojal mot sin mamma och har svårt att komma till ro. Men när hon väl börjar lita på Cathy så börjar hon också att öppna sig. Och ju mer Cathy får veta om Aimees förflutna desto mer förfärad blir hon …

Ett bortglömt barn

Syskonen Molly och Kit blir hastigt omhändertagna efter att läkare upptäckt att de har skador som verkar vara orsakade med avsikt. Barnens föräldrar, Aneta och Filip, är väldigt upprörda när deras barn skickas till familjehem. Aneta hävdar att hon är oskyldig medan Filip verkar förbryllad och oförmögen att greppa situationen. Familjen har aldrig uppmärksammats av socialtjänsten förut och barnen verkar vara väl omhändertagna, men Kit har en bruten arm och blåmärken i ansiktet. Beror det på en olycka som Aneta påstår? Båda barnen drabbas av en mystisk sjukdom medan Cathy, som har lång erfarenhet som familjehem, tar hand om dem. Hon blir orolig och ber om att fler medicinska tester ska göras. De har redan gjort massvis. När Cathys dotter Lucy också blir sjuk så tror Cathy att hon har funnit orsaken till sjukdomen och att föräldrarna inte bär skulden. Men hon har fel och vad som sedan kommer fram är långt mer allvarligt och chockerande än vad hon kunnat tänka sig.

Syskonen som bara ville överleva

När sjuårige Reece kommer hem till Cathy har han redan avverkat fyra fosterhem på lika många veckor. Allt eftersom detaljerna kring hans unga liv kommer i dagen så blir det tydligt att Cathy ställts inför sitt livs största utmaning hittills när det gäller att hjälpa honom. Pojkens aggressiva och utagerande beteende har gjort att han trots sin låga ålder blivit avstängd från skolan och fått byta fosterhem flera gånger. Han tycker om att bitas, ordentligt, och hans mamma har därför gett honom smeknamnet, Sharky Hajen. Han tycks vara ett hopplöst fall. Cathy försöker finna svaren på varför Reece beter sig som han gör men han har lovat sin mamma att inte berätta någonting för någon utomstående. Den socialsekreterare som förbereder den avslutande delen av hjälpinsatsen upptäcker fem olika akter om Reeces familj, och av dessa att döma är det häpnadsväckande att han inte separerades från familjen redan som baby. När den mörkaste av familjens hemligheter avslöjas för Cathy så blir Reeces beteende plötsligt begripligt och tillsammans kan Cathy och Reece börja att återuppbygga hans liv.

Mamma sa att jag inte fick berätta

Lucys mamma blev utnyttjad och försummad större delen av sin barndom och från början hade hon svårt att ta hand om sitt eget barn. Lucy lämnades ensam långa stunder redan som bebis och hemmiljön var otrygg och smutsig. Först när Lucy var åtta år insåg socialtjänsten hur allvarlig situationen var och då började en karusell med fosterhem efter fosterhem. När Lucy kommer för att bo hos Cathy är hon elva och mycket olycklig efter att ha blivit flyttad från det ena hemmet till det andra. Hon drar sig undan, vill inte äta och hon ligger tre år efter i sin skolgång. Man tror att skadan som Lucy blivit utsatt för är permanent. Men Cathy och hennes två barn knyter snabbt an till Lucy på ett sätt som ingen annan har kunnat. De visar henne det kärleksfulla hem som hon inte trodde fanns och Cathy och Lucy inser att de var menade att vara mor och dotter, det tog bara ett tag innan de fann varandra.

Kan du älska mig?

Åttaåriga Jodie är ett problembarn i ordets rätta bemärkelse. Cathy Glass, som har skrivit boken och varit fosterförälder i mer än tjugo år, har aldrig varit med om ett så besvärligt barn. Men Jodie har upplevt saker som inget barn ska behöva uppleva. Skadad är en gripande och fruktansvärd sann berättelse om ett utsatt barns mörkaste hemligheter. Jodies barndom hade varit en avskyvärd följd av vanvård och försummelse, vilket borde ha uppmärksammats av det flertalet socialarbetare som inblandats i hennes fall. Men det gjorde det inte och därför kunde Jodie inte räddas från sin misär. Slutligen hittar hon i Cathy en vuxen människa värdig att lita på, en som visade sig kunna hjälpa henne att återhämta sig från det fruktansvärda hon upplevt.

Skadad

Dawn var den första flickan Cathy Glass var fosterförälder till. Första intrycket var att Dawn var en rar och välbalanserad tjej, men det var bara en fasad hon visade upp för att dölja en barndom så traumatisk att hon inte ens kom ihåg den. Första natten vaknar Cathy av att Dawn med stirrande blanka ögon står lutad över spjälsängen där Cathys bebis låg och sov. Dawn gick i sömnen – vilket Cathy vet är vanligt hos oroliga barn. Det upprepar sig och en skräckslagen Cathy upptäcker en natt Dawn i färd med att tända en tändsticka samtidigt som hon mumlar ”Det är inte mitt fel” i sömnen. Cathy upptäcker att Dawn skolkar från skolan och har svårt att hitta vänner. Än mer oroande är att Dawns rum en natt är tomt och kudden täckt av blod. Hon har skadat sig själv för att bli av med smärtan från sitt förflutna. När Dawn försöker begå självmord inser Cathy att flickan behöver mer hjälp än hon kan ge henne. Dawns mor anförtror Cathy att Dawn, mellan det att hon var fem och nio år, bodde hos släktingar på Irland. Snart förstår Cathy att det hon utsattes för under den perioden har gett henne djupa sår.

Djupa sår

Jackson är aggressiv, konfrontativ och ofta oberäknelig. Hans mamma, Kayla, är förlamad av sorg efter att tragiskt ha förlorat sin man och äldste son. I ett försök att hantera situationen sätter hon Jackson i familjehem. Jackson hamnar hos Cathy, som uppmuntrar honom att prata om vad som har hänt med hans familj, men hon får inte mycket respons. Hans uppförande fortsätter att oroa alla. Tills plötsligt den verkliga anledningen till Jacksons beteende avslöjas ...

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