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Fabulously written but not for the faint of heart
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Publisher's Summary
The Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged 10, having been abused, victimised, and rejected by her family. Donna has been in foster care with her two young brothers for three weeks when she is abruptly moved to Cathy's. When Donna arrives she is silent, withdrawn, and walks with her shoulders hunched forward and her head down. Donna is clearly a very haunted child and refuses to interact with Cathy's children, Adrian and Paula. After patience and encouragement from Cathy, Donna slowly starts to talk and tells Cathy that she blames herself for her and her brothers being placed in care. The social services were aware that Donna and her brothers had been neglected by their alcoholic mother, but no one realised the extent of the abuse they were forced to suffer. The truth of the physical torment she was put through slowly emerges, and as Donna grows to trust Cathy she tells her how her mother used to make her wash herself with wire wool so that she could get rid of her skin colour as her mother was so ashamed that Donna was mixed race.
The psychological wounds caused by the bullying she received also start to resurface when Donna starts reenacting the ways she was treated at home by hitting and bullying Paula, so much so that Cathy can't let Donna out of her sight.
As the pressure begins to mount on Cathy to help this child, things start to get worse and Donna begins behaving in erratic ways, trashing her bedroom and being regularly abusive towards Cathy's children. Cathy begins to wonder if she can find a way to help this child or if Donna's scars run too deep.
Critic Reviews
"Cannot fail to move those who read it. ( Adoption-net)
"Heartbreaking" ( Mirror)
"A truly harrowing read that made me cry" ( Sun)
"A true tale of hope ( OK!)
"Foster carers rarely get the praise they deserve, but Cathy Glass's book should change all that" ( First magazine)
"A hugely touching and emotional true tale ( Star magazine)
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- Kat
- 04-02-19
Raw, honest, triumphant.
Cathy’s true stories are so inspiring and educational. This is definitely one of my favorites.
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- rmskaggs
- 07-18-18
she does it again!
Another great book by Cathy Glass. Readers will not disapointed with this unique story of a young girl in need of more than just a home.
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- Brian Lee
- 03-18-22
You will love Cathy Glass
Cathy glass inspiration to all if you are a parent you will enjoy this book.. and find great advice in it
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- Lori
- 08-08-21
another great book I LOVE CATHY GLASS!!
I read it in a weekend I could not put it down , another great book I LOVE CATHY GLASS!!
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- momm243
- 01-29-21
Cathy's stories are always good
I loved this story. Cathy Glass never disappoints. She has helped some many children, a true inspiration to all.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-04-20
great authors
this was a great book written by a wonderful woman well I don't know personally but I feel that I do cuz I've read many of her books and will continue to read them all. I have tears in every book as it brings me back to my childhood and I lived in a foster home and was lucky enough to have such an amazing woman like Cathy. I don't know if Cathy Reese's reviews but if you do never stop doing what you're doing because children need people like you.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-11-19
chilling story of a child broken
it is true to say this book is similar to A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer just a story from the view of the foster care mother rather than the child what to see through their eyes and feel what they felt how the lack of a mother's love can be so damaging if it's someone's kind heart and soul in patience can show the child the true meaning that love is kind love is patient and fulfill what a mother should have done when she brought this child into this world Cathy glass is an amazing foster care mother should only be more
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- M. Collins
- 05-04-18
Makes me want to be a foster mom
I enjoyed the book but the performance was at times hard to listen to, when the performer did the kids voices it sounded like a joke! Kids do not talk like that and would have been better just to say who was talking and read it in her normal voice. The story was good but the saddest girl in the world is a strong title for this young girl. It was touching and I would recommended it to others
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-05-18
Amazing
Very detailed encounter of a child’s life, written with great detail and sincerity..I love all Cathy Glass’s memories. If only the child care system was like this in the US.
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- davidli1973
- 12-19-17
My review
I think the narrator was amazing. Cathy glass seems to be awesome, too. I enjoyed listening to it and I am surprised that it it is not fictional.
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- Susan Inglis
- 09-06-16
Such a sad story
This book made me angry and sad. How could anyone treat a family member like that, never mind a daughter! Prepare yourselves to feel mad at the world when listening to this!
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- Natasha
- 01-16-15
very sad
I really enjoyed this book. another good book from Cathy Glass. another book well narrated as well. I do really enjoy this narrator. I love reading Cathy Glass books I find them very interesting and inspiring. I would recommend this book to people who like this type of book
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- Melanie
- 10-30-21
hate to say it, but a boring read
it was ok, very sad how Donna was treated of course, but I felt the story had a lot of infills to try and bulk the story out, so at times, especially the last quarter I felt it quite hard to listen to as I was a bored, I only stuck to it as I paid with 1 credit, if it was free I wouldn't have finished the book without a doubt
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- Sarah Lowe
- 09-20-21
emotional
very emotional story that was performed amazingly by the reader highly recommend. had my in tears
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- Reeree
- 07-30-20
wow another amazing read
loved it , loved it so heart wrenching but a mix of good ,happy family times ❤
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- Emma
- 07-17-20
The saddest girl in the world
Sad story but one that needed to be told. I love all Cathy glass books.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-04-20
the saddest girl in the world
another brilliant story from cathy glass! was sad but amazing true story. binged listened this.
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- Kay Robinson
- 04-28-18
made me cry
have enjoyed many Cathy stories but
this one was so sad admire her so much
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- Emma
- 04-20-18
Saddest girl in world
What did you like most about The Saddest Girl in the World?
Happy ending in the end
What did you like best about this story?
Everything
What does Denica Fairman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
How real the story is enjoyable u get in to the story in depth
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- chucks
- 04-05-18
emotional
loved the book. feel like part of the book getting gripped in their life. fabulous
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- Chloe hill
- 03-02-21
😭😭😭😭
All I can say is why didn't she get the love she wanted. I wanted to reach thru this audiobook and give her the love she needed so much first book of cathy glass that I actually cried reading very beautiful book ❤️❤️❤️
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- Anonymous User
- 04-21-17
Eye opening
As usual an eye opener to the wonderfully hard work foster carers put in to those that need it the most needed. Keep it up Cathy you wonderful woman x
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- Lucy Fieldhouse
- 11-02-16
the best
love all cathy glass's books, so far have read 5 and still want more to read