Unwanted: Part 1 of 3: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

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Harper Collins have bought world rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir A Monster For A Father. She agrees only to find out a few days later it is not just Arthur but also his mother Lara who they decide needs to be put on a parenting plan where Cathy needs to observe and help in the way of letting Lara know what she needs to do in different circumstances… No one in your household is having to self-isolate or is awaiting a Covid test result?’ She asked this most times she phoned.

For those of you who have been waiting for my next Lisa Stone thriller, The Gathering, it’s four weeks! https://rb.gy/derlw How are you?’ Joy asked. It wasn’t simply a polite question. The pandemic was still ongoing so she needed to know. 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? Following the success of Damaged, you might imagine that a brand new author would have a bit of a cooling off period. This was not to be the case with Cathy Glass. Her next book, “Hidden” was published in 2008, and it was a success in its own right. This book had another memorable character at the center of it, only this child was a far cry different from the explosive Jodie character that Glass had written about in her first book. In the book Hidden, Tayo is the child that is described as being a polite, calm and mild-mannered child that was well spoken. But while he displayed excellent manners and was very well behaved, Tao was hiding a terrible past that no child should have had to live through. Unwanted: Part 1 of 3: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child? by Cathy Glass – eBook DetailsA Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever by Cathy Glass 21 copies One final thought – History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. Nelson Mandela

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 didn’t,’ I blurted. ‘Sorry. There seems to have been some confusion. I thought I was just having Arthur.' 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.’

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 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. Can Cathy help turn everything around for her and show her that anything is possible when you ask for help and get it. Collins have bought World rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir Where has Mummy Gone?, the story of eight-year old Melody.

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. Harper Collins have bought world rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir Too Scared to Tell. It was suggested, but Lara is adamant that Arthur’s bruises were a result of him falling. The emergency foster carer took him to the hospital for a scan and there are no The continued success that Cathy Glass experienced following her first two books is evident in popular titles like: “Cut” and

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.’ Cathy Glass’s Can I Let You Go? remains in the charts for an eighth consecutive week - this time no 14. Having said goodbye, I spent the rest of the afternoon hoping I’d done the right thing in agreeing to look after Lara and her son, and getting their bedrooms ready. Now Adrian and Lucy had left home I had the space; the larger bedroom would be Lara’s and the cot would go in the smaller room next door. I assumed the social worker wanted them separated because of the suspected nonaccidental injuries. If they were sharing a room it would be more difficult to monitor what was happening at night. Lara would be expected to do all the caring for her child, so if, for example, he woke at night she would tend to him, although I would be on hand. Part of the foster carer’s role in a mother-and-child placement is observation and record keeping, as well as giving support where necessary. Just heard from my publisher that Unwanted is still in the Top Ten! That’s week 8! Thank you so much for making this book a success.

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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 A Family Torn Apart remains in the top ten for a seventh week – this time at number 10. Arthur’s social worker, Claudette Brimstone, phoned me the following afternoon and our conversation didn’t get off to a good start. More success for Cathy Glass, whose book A Baby’s Cry was the 17th bestselling memoir of 2012, below Tulisa but above Justin Bieber. I am delighted that Unwanted remains in the UK top ten for another week. Thank you for all your kind comments. I write my books to raise awareness so I am pleased this book has reached so many.