Cathy Glass Popular Books
Cathy Glass Biography & Facts
Cathy Glass is a British writer of non-fiction and 'inspirational' fiction. Cathy has written memoirs about the children she has fostered, many of whom had suffered abuse. She has published 28 memoirs based on her experiences. The name "Cathy Glass" is a pseudonym. The author writes under a pen name due to the sensitive nature of her source material. The names of the children she writes about are likewise altered. Fostering and parenting expertise Glass used to work for as a civil servant but left to start a family. The author decided to foster a child after trying unsuccessfully for a baby with her husband; she had seen an advert in her local paper seeking a foster home for a girl and applied as a foster carer. Writing career Before the release of her first title she had written on health and social issues for The Guardian and the Evening Standard. Glass's first book, Damaged was released by HarperCollins in 2007. It focuses on the relationship between Glass and an abused child under her care. Her fostering memoir, Will You Love Me?, published in September 2013. tells the story of her adopted daughter. ' The books "Nobody's Son", "Cruel to Be Kind" and "A Long Way From Home" are all set before Glass adopted her daughter; although were released after her book "Will you Love Me?" which tells her daughter's story. Her latest book An Innocent Baby was released on 16 September 2021 telling the story of Darcey-May and Haylea and "Neglected" was released on 17 February 2022. "A family torn apart" was released in September 2022. References. Discover the Cathy Glass popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cathy Glass books.
Best Seller Cathy Glass Books of 2024
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Mummy is a Killer
Nikkia Roberson'Why did you leave me? Why did you get messed up with all of those drugs? Why did you kill my brother and sister? Didn’t you love us enough?'Nikkia Roberson has been asking these q...
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Too Young to be a Mum
Maggie HartleyWhen sixteenyearold Jess arrives on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep with her newborn son Jimmy, she has nowhere else to go. Arriving straight from the hospital having just g...
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Exploited
Maggie Hartley'He said he loved me.'Fourteenyearold Hannah comes to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley after her mum pleads with Social Services to take her into care, unable to cope with her...
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Please Give My Baby Back
Maggie Hartley'Please don't take him. Let him stay with me. Please don't take my baby.'When a health visitor notices a bruise on her newborn son's leg, Robyn's world quickly falls apart. Before ...
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Slave
Anna & Jason JohnsonNow watch the BBC drama Doing Money‘They took me because I would not be missed’This is the shocking true story of how an ordinary young girl was kidnapped off the street as she wal...
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Tiny Prisoners
Maggie HartleyEvie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wideeyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister h...
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Not To Blame
Maggie Hartley'Could I do that, Maggie? Could I find my mum?'Sixteenyearold Rebecca has been in care all her life, bouncing from foster carers and children's homes without ever having a permanen...
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The Kid
Kevin LewisKevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape ...
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The Lady in the Looking Glass
Virginia Woolf'People should not leave lookingglasses hanging in their rooms any more than they should leave open cheque books or letters confessing some hideous crime.''If she concealed so much...
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Little Boy Lost
Shane DunphyCourage is sometimes found in the unlikeliest places ...Dominic is a sixteen yearold manchild: while he has the body of a prizefighter, as a result of a terrible seizure when he wa...
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The Little Ghost Girl
Maggie HartleyRuth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care. Pale, frail and withdrawn, it was clear to Maggie that Ruth had seen and experienced things ...
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The Girl With No Name
Reine AndrieuHeartbreaking. Gripping. Terribly captivating.'Read it in one sitting!' Madeleine, Amazon reviewerShe may not remember her name,but her body knows.1940. When a French family is fo...
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Suffer the Little Children
Frances ReillyThe heartbreaking yet inspiring account of a young girl who suffered at the hands of nuns in the Nazareth House Convent in Northern Ireland.Frances Reilly and her sisters were aban...
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Safe With You
R.M. Ward‘An unimaginably suspenseful thriller, with twist after twist’ Heat‘A gripping thriller . . . Highly recommended’ C.S. GreenDon’t miss R.M. Ward’s latest thriller, THE GIRL WHO VAN...
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Please Protect Us
Toni MaguireFrom No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of shame, silence, abuse and survival.'I have a very clear picture of the day Clive entered our lives. I can see hi...
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The Cocaine Diaries
Jeff Farrell & Paul Keany‘It won’t happen to me. That’s what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did – I got caught.’Caught smuggling half a million euros’ worth of cocaine, Paul Keany w...
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A Family For Christmas
Maggie HartleyWhen foster carer Maggie Hartley meets Sean and Sheila, they're facing every parent's worst nightmare. A splitsecond decision to leave toddler Edward alone for a few short minutes ...
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Wake Up, Mummy
Anna Lowe'I squeezed through the narrow gap and out into the hallway and I stood for a moment, unable to decide where to go. Should I make a dash for the kitchen, where my mother would be s...
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Behind Closed Doors
Maggie Hartley'It's okay, lovely,' I soothed. 'You let it all out.'She sobbed and sobbed as all the fear came tumbling to the surface.Foster carer Maggie Hartley is finally enjoying a wellearned...
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The Forgotten Child
Richard GallearBased on a true story, The Forgotten Child is a heartbreaking memoir of an abandoned newborn baby left to die, his tempestuous upbringing, and how he came through the other side.It...
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Finding Stevie
Cathy GlassFinding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, i...
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Tortured
Victoria SpryAs a child, Victoria Spry was brutally beaten, neglected and starved by the woman she called Mummy.To the outside world Eunice Spry was a devoted parent, but behind closed doors sh...
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Without Hope
Barbara NaughtonBarbara's father was a sadistic man at the best of times his idea of fun was to kill the family dog by tying it to the back of his car and driving off. Also for kicks, he took his...
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Vanessa
Wensley ClarksonThe compelling and disturbing true story of Vanessa George and the evil abuse she doled out upon the children of more than 300 families.As a nursery worker, wife and mother, she wa...
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An Affair with My Mother
Caitríona Palmer'Incredibly moving' Anne Enright, winner of the Man Booker PrizeAn Affair with My Mother by Caitriona Palmer: a moving and gripping story of love, denial and a daughter's quest for...
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The Boy in the Cupboard
Shane DunphyThree heartstopping stories of children trapped by their parents' pasts ... Craig, the little boy who can't speak English, isn't allowed to use his real name and hides food around ...
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Denied a Mummy
Maggie Hartley & Penny McDonaldWhen Maggie's latest placement arrives on her doorstep, it is clear that Sean, Dougie and their big sister Mary have been through unspeakable traumas in their short lives. Violent ...
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My Mother, the Psychopath
Olivia RayneWhat do you do when the person you’re meant to trust the most in the world is the one trying to destroy you? ‘When people met her they thought how lovely she was, this attractive w...
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Battered, Broken, Healed
Maggie HartleyA new challenge faces foster carer Maggie Hartley: this time it's not a child that's at risk, it's her mother. Can Maggie help Hailey to escape her abusive husband, and reunite her...
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The Girl Behind the Gates
Brenda DaviesTOP TEN BESTSELLER'Compelling. Poignant. Haunting. Heart wrenching. Just beautiful. Everyone needs to read this wonderful book.' Renita D'Silva, bestselling author of The Forgotte...
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The Cupboard Under the Stairs
Paul MasonPaul Mason’s father was a policeman. He was also a member of a sadistic paedophile ring. He would keep Paul locked up and naked in a tiny cupboard under the stairs of their home be...
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Too Scared to Cry
Maggie HartleyBrothers Ben and Damien are shockingly quiet when they arrive on Maggie's doorstep. They don't shout or play like normal three and four year olds. They hardly dare make a sound, so...
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Too Scared To Cry
Maggie HartleyA heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis. Contains previously published stories Too Scared To Cry, The Gir...
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A Desperate Cry for Help
Maggie HartleyTwelveyearold Meg arrives at Maggie's after a fire destroys the children's home she's been living in. Terrified and having lost most of her possessions, Maggie must work hard to ma...
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Cathy Glass 3-Book Self-Help Collection
Cathy GlassSunday Times and New York Times bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass’ three selfhelp guides, Happy Kids, Happy Adults and Happy Mealtimes for Kids, now available for the...
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The Girl No One Wanted
Maggie HartleyElevenyearold Leanne is out of control. Since being taken into care at the age of three, she has had over forty placements, each carer less able to cope with her anger and destruct...