Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

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In addition, I repair family Bibles, photograph albums and cherished books of historical or sentimental value. Repair to damaged books I would like to start by saying that I'm quite a sensitive person, so I was a bit nervous going into it. My mom had already read it and warn me about the subject matter. I didn't know if I could do it but, in the end, I'm so glad I did. This is a disturbing true story. Jodie experienced many things that kids, at this age, shouldn't even have to hear about.

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My aim is to return your book to you in a condition where it can be used and handled with confidence. Damage is a 1991 novel by Josephine Hart about a British politician who, in the prime of life, causes his own downfall through an inappropriate relationship. It was adapted into a film of the same title by Louis Malle in 1992, as well as into an opera (called Damage, an Opera in Seven Meals) by Greek composer Kharálampos Goyós which premiered as part of the Athens Festival in 2008. [1] A second screen adaptation has been released in April 2023 as a four-part limited series for Netflix, under the title Obsession. [2] [3] Plot summary [ edit ] The extent of the damage done to Jodie is explained all throughout the book as she lives with Cathy. Cathy is an incredible human being to take on such damaged children and the way she wrote about each incident and moment made me feel as though I were part of the case as well. Although, at times, I felt like pulling out the way many of her carers and social workers have in the past. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. If you're like me and need it: trigger warning for self harm, child abuse, sexual abuse, rape and aggressive behaviour.

Her work is strongly identified with both the True Life Stories and Inspirational Memoirs genres, and she has also written a parenting guide to bringing up children, Happy Kids, and a novel, The Girl in the Mirror, based on a true story. Battles are not lost and won; They simply remove the weak from the equation. Zamorak give me strength! Has your cover completely fallen apart, or do you fear it may soon? You’ll want to get out your book binding repair tape. This isn’t pretty, but it will keep your book in your collection for a while. Transparent binding tape means you’ll still be able to see the title or spine decoration. This book is about a girl named, Jodi, who enters the foster care system at the age of 7. Within 4mo she has already been through 5 foster homes. There is little hope for her, until Cathy steps up and agrees to take Jodi in.Writing was so-so... I think that there are better stories of the realities of being a foster parent. This felt more like "LOOK AT ALL THESE TERRIBLE THINGS! LOOK HOW BAD THE SYSTEM IS! LOOK HOW DAMAGED THESE CHILDREN ARE!" This article about a political novel of the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The importance that love, harmony and boundaries have in a child's life and how sometimes, in delicate situations, it isn't enough.

I also find it abhorrent that Ms. Glass, while portraying herself as apparently the only one capable of getting through to the children is these difficult cases ("yay me, after 5 carers in 6 weeks, I was able to deal with this kid for over a year, at the expense of my actual children and myself...aren't you impressed?"), she then goes and exploits these same children by writing salacious books so that she can make a profit by revealing every morbid detail of their horrific abuse. Yes, very admirable and altruistic of her. In this story you will learn that Jodie has been keeping some things(secrets) from her assigned social worker,that should've been told in the beginning. Jodie kept these things from her, because she didn't want her mom to be upset with her, although if Jodie didn't speak up any sooner, something terrible could've happened to her. As this story progresses you will see that her social worker has a special bond with her and that she has helped Jodie improve so much. Jodie is getting involved with others and getting friends that are helping her to become more social.

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Many types of book damage are easily avoidable. You can, for example, use scrap paper to mark your place in a book or to take notes. If you don't have a notebook or scrap paper available we can provide scrap paper at the main service desk. If you notice that a book is damaged, bring it to the attention of staff so that we can set it aside for repairs. Highlighting, underlining and making notes in pen or pencil How do I even try to explain in words how completely disturbing this story was? On about 10 different occasions, I almost had to close the book and stop reading so I would not either vomit or burst into tears. The things that have happened to Jodie (pseudonym) are so beyond understanding. How could another human being do the sorts of crude and disgusting acts upon their own child? The amount of sexual abuse that comes out in this book, all verbalized by Jodie herself, are graphic and I guarantee any other reader will retch, gasp, scream, or want to walk away. As ye vow to be at peace with each other... and to uphold high values of morality and friendship... I now pronounce you united in the law of Armadyl. Find sources: "Damage"Hart novel– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( May 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

I also question much of the information she provides. First, whether or not D.I.D. even exists is controversial, and certainly isn't as cut and dry as presented in this book. Second, how exactly did Ms. Glass or "Jill" become qualified to make such a diagnosis? Ms. Glass witnesses a behavior, mentions it to Jill, and BAM!, we have a diagnosis of D.I.D. Seriously? As regards Damaged, as I read I found the good angel of belief and the bad angel of unbelief grappling with each other in the space just behind my left ear. Alas for Cathy Glass, she writes very dully and competently except when it comes to dialogue, when we get stuff that sounds straight out of The Exorcist : This typically only happens with older books, but it happens to the older books on my shelves quite often. I have a baggy full of spines just waiting to be reattached to their books. You’ll need binding tape, a bone folder, glue and paint, and something soft to wrap the book in, like a T-shirt or a non-adhesive bandage or wrap. Dalton, Ben (17 March 2022). "Netflix UK execs tease upcoming slate including erotic thriller 'Damage' ". Screen Daily . Retrieved 27 April 2022. This is the 'first' (as in the first written, not chronologically) book by foster carer Cathy Glass, and of the three I have read so far this is by far the most harrowing.The chronology is tight and thorough, fulfilling the reader's need for detail. Glass exposes her experience honestly, which allows us to inhabit her home during her tumultuous time with "Jodie," the abused child in her care. While using cookbooks, gardening books, or other reference books on potentially messy topics, put them in an acrylic cookbook stand like this one with a splash guard. Stake Your Claim I read in another review that, in stories like this one, we never get the aggressors' point of view. What leads people to do such horrible things to kids? Or why would parents do it to their own children?. I think it would be certainly more disturbing but extremely interesting. I come away from this book with intensified hatred for sexual predators, deeper respect for foster parents and the unfathomable challenges they face, and a raw ache for the suffering so many children endure at the hands of people who should be their protectors. But here's what is still to be revealed: the perpetrators' stories. We might be talking about domestic abuse or rape or war crimes, but there's nothing from them ever. Ever. Probably on the very reasonable grounds that they're all nauseating lowlifes who should be given rat poison rather than a pen and paper, and also that they'll lie and try to make out it was all because of their own painful childhoods or that the rape and the war crime was consensual. The depraved are either smart enough to know they really shouldn't tell the truth, or stupid enough not to be able to anyway. So it seems that at present we believe that victims always tell the truth and perpetrators always lie. Can this be true? Probably not, but I think we'll have to live with that for a long time yet. I doubt that we'll ever get the perpetrator's stories. Why would we want to? Because no man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; because I am involved in mankind. (That last bit's by John Donne, not me!)