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loved it
- By Anonymous User on 18-10-17
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good read
- By pamela on 25-02-18
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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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Heartwarming
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I think we all loved Lucy by the end of the book
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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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Such a tragic story
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Cut: The true story of an abandoned, abused little girl who was desperate to be part of a family
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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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great story
- By Netty on 07-04-19
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loved it
- By Anonymous User on 18-10-17
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good read
- By pamela on 25-02-18
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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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Heartwarming
- By anna abimbola on 22-02-18
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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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I think we all loved Lucy by the end of the book
- By DianeF on 01-12-14
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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.
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Such a tragic story
- By Susan Inglis on 10-01-17
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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
- Unabridged
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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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great story
- By Netty on 07-04-19
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Can I Let You Go?
- A Heartbreaking True Story of Love, Loss and Moving On
- By: Cathy Glass
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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 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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Cathy Glass FAKE!
- By Hanson on 12-05-19
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A Baby's Cry
- By: Cathy Glass
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- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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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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A very emotional and engaging read.
- By Kat on 02-04-15
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The Night the Angels Came
- By: Cathy Glass
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- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling 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.
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Smashing,
- By Amazon Customer on 02-12-15
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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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very sad
- By Natasha on 16-01-15
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Girl Alone
- By: Cathy Glass
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- 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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Superb!
- By Linda jauncey on 14-09-15
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Another Forgotten Child
- By: Cathy Glass
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- 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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brilliant
- By Amazon Customer on 17-05-18
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Innocent: The True Story of Siblings Struggling to Survive
- By: Cathy Glass
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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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Very hard to get into
- By Hanson on 09-09-19
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Hidden
- Betrayed, Exploited and Forgotten - How One Boy Overcame the Odds
- By: Cathy Glass
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- 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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Excellent
- By Lauren on 21-02-15
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Saving Danny
- By: Cathy Glass
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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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Another excellent production
- By DianeF on 12-03-15
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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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loved it
- By The Cobbold on 03-02-19
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Run, Mummy, Run
- By: Cathy Glass
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- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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From the author of Sunday Times and New York Times best seller Damaged, the gripping story of a woman caught in a horrific cycle of abuse - and the desperate lengths she must go to in order 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.
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gripping story
- By Mrs tingle on 12-05-17
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The Child Bride
- By: Cathy Glass
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- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Cathy Glass, international best-selling 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.
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Interesting in parts.
- By lynda on 08-11-14
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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.
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.
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- Rachel L.
- 11-06-17
Amazing!!!
brilliant narration held my attention well despite my ADHD and brilliant book well done Cathy
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- Mrs. Lorraine J. Brown
- 01-03-17
Wonderful
Another fantastic story from Cathy Glass, excellent narration, I look forward to seeing how this young man progresses in the future. I have all of Cathy's books and look forward to listening to more stories in the future.
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- ian mcnamara
- 26-02-17
another fantastic book by this author.
Would you consider the audio edition of Nobody's Son to be better than the print version?
I am visually impaired so i rely on the audio copy so this is not aplicable to me.
What other book might you compare Nobody's Son to, and why?
would compare this book to will you love me as the story mainly focused on adoption and what can go wrong if a child is given negative experiences.
What does Denica Fairman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
She reads with emotion and manages to create identaties for all the characters seperately so you know who is speaking and get a feel for the character.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
yes.
Any additional comments?
fantastic as usual, i always look forward to this authors books.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-06-19
Just amazing
Yet again another amazing book by Cathy glass, she has an amazing ability to make you feel every book, regardless of if you read it of it being read to you, but either way it's definitely worth it.
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- Miss S Phillips
- 05-06-19
excellent!
very well written and heart wrenching in places! cathy your an amazing lady these children are lucky to have you help them on their life journey.
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- ajb
- England
- 28-01-19
wow
initially i thought " What a sweet short story', then i realised i was only part wat through the book
it is heart breaking at times.
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- fi Anderson
- 15-01-19
Proof of just how deep words can stick
An emotional read that forces you to feel as if you're Alex himself. Caprivating narrative!
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- Alison Eccles
- 07-07-18
nobody's son
was another amazing story by an amazing author it was sad but very lovely x
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- Jenny Davies
- 12-04-18
Another fantastic read/listen
already read the book, but I have purchased the Audio version x loved it again x
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-11-17
Rescuers of damaged children
Brill story truthful and touching. Showing how there is some special people who give so much love
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- Randi shelton
- 28-02-17
Another excellent read
This is another wonderful book about a little boy who so desperately wants a family to call his own. I experienced the same emotions of anger frustration and sadness along with Cathy and little Alex as they struggled to come to terms with the failure of that first adoption... As the reader looking in, it seemed obvious to me that it wouldn't work. Rosemary and Edward were too formal in their manner. They just couldn't relate to a child like Alex. I cheered for everyone when the second placement worked out so well. Alex had a long hard road ahead of him, and I'm glad things worked out so well for all of them.
Cathy Glass tells this story in the same engrossing style she does all her others. I was hooked from the first page and once again felt like I knew her and her family a little more.
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- Junemarie Williams
- 04-05-17
Cathy Glass - MY HERO
What made the experience of listening to Nobody's Son the most enjoyable?
Cathy Glass is the epitome of what a foster mother should be. She cares about her foster children and their future lives. She helps them deal with their past.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Nobody's Son?
When Cathy talked to the foster parents at the MDT meeting after the child was returned to her home.
What’s the most interesting tidbit you’ve picked up from this book?
Cathy Glass is the epitome of what a foster mother should be.
Any additional comments?
I'm going to get more of her books. She is a good writer, and a great foster mother.
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- raelyn daly
- 24-05-19
I love this book!!!
I love this book like all Cathy Glass books! I can't can't wait for the next book to listen to!
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- Lisa Willett
- 11-03-18
pretty good
This one was a bit harder to get through The storyline wasn't as exciting or moving as most of her books. I had trouble loving this one It's still good but lacked suspense and emotion.
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- K. M.
- 06-08-17
Heart breaking but could not quit reading.
A great listen from the minute the book started. Definitely recommend. Tugs at the heart strings.
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- Deanna Call
- 27-06-17
Great book!!
I loved this book!! It kept me wondering how things would turn out. It wasn't something that was predictable. Kept my interest.
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- Bybeeblue
- 11-03-17
Very Disappointed
Beautifully read though. Very nice. I wish I hadn't bought it. Not what I thought.
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