Daddys Little Princess
By (Author) Cathy Glass
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
24th March 2014
27th March 2014
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Adoption and fostering
Child abuse
362.733092
Paperback
304
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
240g
Internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass tells the story of one of the first children that she fostered.
Little Beth, aged 7, had been brought up by her father after her mother left when she was a toddler. But when hes suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems Beth is taken into care.
Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isnt long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be. They clearly love each other very much and Derek spoils his daughter, treating her like a princess, but there is something bothering Cathy, something she cant quite put her finger on.
But, despite Cathy flagging her concerns to the social worker Jessie, no action is taken. Until Jessie accompanies Beth to the hospital to see her father Then, suddenly, everything changes. All contact is stopped and Cathy is left to help pick up the pieces as poor Beth struggles to understand what her daddy has done wrong.
Cathy Glass is a pseudonym. She has been a foster carer for over 20 years, during which time she has looked after more than 100 children, of all ages and backgrounds. Cathy runs training courses on fostering for her local Social Services, and helps draft new fostering procedures and guidelines. Cathy has three teenage children of her own; one of whom, Lucy, was adopted after a long-term foster placement. Cathy has always had an interest in writing, combining fostering with occasional freelance journalism and commercial writing, usually when a particular issue stirs her passion. Before the success of Damaged she had written on health and social issues for the Guardian, the Evening Standard, Luton News, and the Hemel Gazette. She is also a published fiction writer, with poems and short stories published in a number of commercial magazines. Cathys books have been constantly in the best-seller charts since Damaged was published in 2007, having sold over 2 million copies across her titles worldwide.