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Skin Deep

All she wanted was a mummy, but was she too ugly to be loved?

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Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved.

‘Am I ugly, Mummy?’ are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into their lives on a hot August afternoon. She has a Barbie doll in one hand and a pink vanity case in the other and the bemused Watsons can only stare in amazement at this tiny eight year old girl who is being guided into the room by her social worker.
Phillipa, known as Flip has Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and life with her single mother has come to an abrupt end after a fire burned the house down. When Casey meets Flip, the child seems remarkably unfazed by what has happened and the thing that seems to worry her is that Casey might find her ugly.
Casey has come across children with FAS in her previous job in a high school behaviour unit, but is now realising that fostering Flip is going to be full of challenges which will test her and Mike’s skills to the limit.

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loved this story as i do with them all ,bit heart aching at times how a parent can be so cruel but always love how they seem to be built up again with love and a happy ending ❤

amazing story

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Have been gripped by this story from start to finish brilliant and heartwarming. well done

fantastic and heartwarming

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Sad story as always. Fantastic Casy and family. Love the narrator, thank you very much

Love it.

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Beautiful story, well written and very well spoken through the narrator.

Thank you for yet again another amazing and sweet story ❤️

Beautiful story!

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This book definitely tugged on the heart strings. I cried lots and I don’t do that often. Loved this book!

Another fantastic listen

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