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.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…Cathy has been a foster carer for over 25 years, during which time she has looked after more than 100 children, of all ages and backgrounds. She has three teenage children of her own; one of whom was adopted after a long-term foster placement. The name Cathy Glass is a pseudonym.Cathy has written 29 books, including bestselling memoirs Damaged, Cut, and Will You Love Me?• Cathy Glass's first book Damaged was a number 1 Sunday Times best-seller, both in hardback and paperback.• Cathy has published twenty fostering memoirs since 2007.• Her previous book – Nobody’s Son was the Sunday Times Number 0ne bestselling paperback for two weeks and in the top 10 for six consecutive weeks.• She has sold over 1 million TCM copies in the UK alone.• This is her 29th book and 21st fostering memoir.
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