Very true to life: A really nice story that is very true to life. I love the way Cathy is so helpful, kind and understanding." 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. 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.’ Congratulations to Cathy Glass whose latest fostering memoir Neglected has gone straight to no 1 on its first part week sales.

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” Harper Collins have bought world rights in Cruel To Be Kind, Cathy Glass’s account of fostering six year old Max.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. For an update on Lara please see the one for Unwanted Children but – to avoid spoilers – only after you’ve read the book please. For those of you who have been waiting for my next Lisa Stone thriller, The Gathering, it’s four weeks! https://rb.gy/derlw I love reading about fostering. I was in foster homes before I was adopted. Cathy Glass is a wonderful and understanding foster care."

Collins have bought World rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir Where has Mummy Gone?, the story of eight-year old Melody. 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. I seem to be as busy as ever, but happily so: spending time with my family, writing, replying to readers’ messages, seeing Lara and other young people we’ve fostered, as well as preparing and delivering induction talks for those thinking of fostering, and foster carer training. Oh yes and some respite fostering. A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever by Cathy Glass 21 copies

Lara and her one year old son Arthur are brought to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass by their social worker. Lara fled an abusive relationship and Arthur was suspected non-accidental injuries. Cathy must monitor Lara whenever she is with her son, day and night. She cannot let them out of her sight for a minute. For a third week running Cathy Glass’s fostering memoir Neglected is at no 8 , it’s sixth week in the top ten. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, came to live with me during the pandemic. Lara was fleeing an abusive relationship and Arthur had suspected non-accidental injuries. Lara claimed her son was accident prone but the social services had doubts. 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.

How are you?’ Joy asked. It wasn’t simply a polite question. The pandemic was still ongoing so she needed to know. Thank you for all your support and kind words over the past year. They are much appreciated. One of the reasons I write my books is to try to raise awareness. Happy New Year and best wishes for 2022. Cathy & family. x No one in your household is having to self-isolate or is awaiting a Covid test result?’ She asked this most times she phoned. 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. 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 noLara seems to love her son and Cathy can see that but still having to follow the guidelines of never leaving the two together unsupervised.

Can Cathy help turn everything around for her and show her that anything is possible when you ask for help and get it. A trip to WH Smith at the weekend witnessed a score of titles from agency clients Casey Watson, Cathy Glass and Lynne Barrett-Lee on display. 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.’ Collins have bought world rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir A Long Way From Home, the story of Anna originally brought up in a state orphanage.

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. Congratulations to Cathy Glass whose memoir Unwanted is Number 4 this week, Its ninth week in top ten. I am delighted to say that Unsafe has stayed at No 1 in the UK charts. Thank you for all your kind comments. They are greatly appreciated. It was Thursday morning when Joy Philips, my supervising social worker (SSW), telephoned. All foster carers in the UK have a supervising social worker whose job it is to support, monitor, advise and guide the carer and their family in all aspects of fostering. They also advise the carer on their training requirements and generally make sure the children in their care are well looked after.