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I love reading about fostering. I was in foster homes before I was adopted. Cathy Glass is a wonderful and understanding foster care." Cathy Glass’s latest inspirational memoir for Harper Collins, Saving Danny, has had a great review in the Daily Mirror. How are you?’ Joy asked. It wasn’t simply a polite question. The pandemic was still ongoing so she needed to know.
It was the end of October. My previous foster children had just left and I was anticipating a few days, maybe even a week, child-free, when I hoped to be able to wind down after a rather traumatic year fostering during the pandemic. I could catch up with friends and my family. More success for Cathy Glass, whose book A Baby’s Cry was the 17th bestselling memoir of 2012, below Tulisa but above Justin Bieber. In this tale Cathy also comes across even more preachy, as she is fostering a mother-child placement, and the struggling mother is 21. Cathy has no shame in describing herself and her daughter monopolising the care of the child, then barating the young mother for not taking responsibility for their care, and criticising her for taking her son into bed with her in the morning after and exhausting night, or wanting some 'time off' from being a mum, which I think all parents need sometimes. I have fostered 200 kids, but Lucy’s eyes were haunted and my heart went out to her - she was destined to be my daughter” That’s correct. Arthur can have his cot in with you if you don’t have a spare bedroom. We don’t want them in the same room, to begin with at least.’Not only is “Cathy Glass” a pseudonym, but so are the designated names of the children that she writes about. This is perfectly understandable, considering the delicate nature of the material that Glass covers. Readers who typically enjoy Cathy Glass books are individuals who are partial to genres that are inspirational memoirs or true life stories. Glass started writing in her spare time, when she wasn’t busy caring for her family, including her various foster children. I hope you are having a good summer. Just to let you know that I have updated Happy Kids to include top tips for staying safe online. My next fostering memoir, A Family Torn Apart, will be out 1 September, and my next Lisa Stone thriller, July 2023. Thank you. xx Sometimes it felt like a never-ending stream of children coming through my door who for various reasons couldn’t live at home. Yet despite fostering over 150 children since I began all those years ago, I always gave each child the love and care they needed and deserved. My daughter Lucy arrived as a foster child and became my adopted daughter. Other children have returned home or gone to forever families. Harper Collins have bought world rights in Cruel To Be Kind, Cathy Glass’s account of fostering six year old Max. rough play, tripping and falling. It’s impossible to know. The judge ruled that Lara and Arthur were to be found a mother-and-child placement while they were being assessed. Your reports will form part of the assessment.’ I knew this was standard practice. ‘Assuming you can take them, of course. If you really can’t, we will have to try to fi nd somewhere else, but it’s not going to be easy.’
Harper Collins have bought World rights in Cathy Glass’s A Dreadful Secret, the story of fourteen-year old Layla who puts herself into foster care because of problems at home. My adult son, Adrian, was married to the lovely Kirsty. My daughter Lucy was living happily with her partner, Darren, and had blessed me with my first grandchild, Emma, now two and a half, and a treasure who made us all smile. My other daughter Paula was still living with me, so there was just the two of us and our rescue cat, Sammy, at home. I’d been divorced for many years. Paula had recently returned to work after being furloughed during the peak of the pandemic, so it felt as if life was gradually returning to normal. Of concern was that the R number – used to calculate the spread of the coronavirus – was rising, particularly in some areas. We were regularly reminded on television and billboards to stay safe by sanitizing our hands, wearing a face mask in enclosed public spaces and social distancing. This had become known as the ‘hands, face, space’ rule. A Family Torn Apart had retained it’s no 1 position for another week. I am pleased this story has touched so many. Thank you. Yes, that was the concern of her doctor. But in court Lara’s lawyer pointed out that we’d had no previous concerns about her abusing her child, that the boy was thought to be very accident-prone, and the cuts and bruises could have easily been sustained as a result ofHarper Collins have bought world rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir A Family Torn Apart. Cathy Glass books are a slightly guilty pleasure of mine. The way that Cathy portrays herself as taking 'damaged' children and 'fixing' them after they have suffered somehow reassures me that even the most evil situations can be somewhat remedied. Although I recognise that the suffering of the children can, tragically, never be properly healed. Cathy Glass’s Can I Let You Go? remains in the charts for an eighth consecutive week - this time no 14. I’ve just heard that Unsafe remains in the UK Top Ten for a fifth week. Thank you for all your kind comments. They are greatly appreciated.
I am very pleased to say that Unsafe remains in the UK Top Ten for a fourth week. Thank you for all your kind comments. Harper Collins have bought world rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir A Monster For A Father. Just heard from my publisher that Unwanted is still in the Top Ten! Week 6! Thank you so much for making this book a success. It’s for a little boy, Arthur, he’s just one year old. He went to an emergency carer yesterday, but she can only keep him for the weekend so he will need to be moved on Monday.’
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Arthur’s social worker, Claudette Brimstone, phoned me the following afternoon and our conversation didn’t get off to a good start. I didn’t,’ I blurted. ‘Sorry. There seems to have been some confusion. I thought I was just having Arthur.'
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