Cathy Glass Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Sauver une enfant...et sa maman Pour sa nouvelle mission, c’est un bébé d’à peine 2 jours que se voit confier Cathy Glass, mère d’accueil. La petite Darcy-May a été abandonnée par Haylea, âgée de 15 ans, et sa famille ne doit absolument pas savoir où elle est. Mais l’adolescente se ravise. Cathy comprend alors que, pour Haylea qui a vécu l’enfer, abandonner Darcy-May, c’était la sauver. Un double défi attend désormais Cathy…

Little Jamey, 21/2 years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency.

Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest son. Struggling to cope, she puts Jackson into foster care. Cathy, his carer, encourages Jackson to talk about what has happened to his family, but he just won't engage. His actions continue to test and worry everyone. Then, in a dramatic turn of events, the true reason for Jackson's behaviour comes to light ...

Mère d'accueil expérimentée, Cathy Glass est heureuse d'héberger Alex pendant un mois.Après des débuts difficiles, entre une mère droguée et de multiples séjours en famille d'accueil, le petit garçon de 7 ans sera bientôt officiellement adopté par un jeune couple. Enfin une famille à lui !Mais rien ne va se passer comme prévu. Cathy pensait simplement accompagner Alex dans sa transition, et c'est un défi bien plus grand qui l'attend.

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him.

Die zehnjährige Donna wurde von dem Menschen schikaniert und gequält, von dem sie nur Liebe wollte: ihrer eigenen Mutter. Traumatisiert findet sie ein neues Zuhause bei der Pflegemutter Cathy Glass, die dem verschüchterten Mädchen mit viel Geduld neuen Mut schenkt. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt Donna nicht los, und sie beginnt, Cathys kleine Tochter mit den gleichen Methoden zu drangsalieren, die sie selbst erleiden musste. Cathy steht vor der Frage: Kann sie Donna noch ein Zuhause zu bieten oder sitzen deren Wunden zu tief?

Ihr neues Pflegekind gibt Cathy Glass Rätsel auf: Die dreizehnjährige Dawn ist ihr gegenüber stets liebenswert und um Harmonie bemüht, doch kaum ist sie außer Sichtweite, schwänzt sie die Schule, treibt sich in Bars herum - und sie verletzt sich selbst. Vergeblich versucht Cathy herauszufinden, warum sich das Mädchen so weh tut. Weder das überforderte Jugendamt noch Dawns gleichgültige Mutter unterstützen sie dabei. So bleibt Cathy nichts anderes übrig, als dem Mädchen auf eigene Faust zu helfen, indem sie Dawns Vertrauen durch Zuneigung und Geduld gewinnt.

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking on online.

The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage.

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him, and were sending him away. While Danny’s parents have everything they could wish for in material terms, they are unable to care for their only child. This is where Cathy comes in. On a cold dark evening Danny finds a place in her home where he can be himself; away from his parents’ impatience and frustration. Often in his own little world, six-year-old Danny finds it difficult to communicate, finding solace in his best friend and confidant George – his rabbit.Cathy quickly becomes aware of his obsessively meticulous behaviour in addition to his love of patterns, he sees them everywhere and creates them at any opportunity – in his play and also with his food. She realises that patience is the key to looking after Danny as well as her well-tried strategies for managing children’s behaviour.With his father refusing to cooperate, it becomes increasingly likely that Danny will be living with Cathy permanently until she gets an opportunity to speak her piece. Cathy Glass' book 'A Family Torn Apart' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10-10-2022.

The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn't long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be.

The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. This book tells the true story of Cathy's adopted daughter Lucy.

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy's care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.

A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. Eight-year-old Aimee was on the child protection register at birth. Her five older siblings were taken into care many years ago. So no one can understand why she was left at home to suffer for so long. It seems Aimee was forgotten.

When 12-year-old Ryan and his little brother Tommy are taken into care, Ryan decides he has to fight back. He isn't going to let his family be broken up this way. On the run, chased by the police and with no money, he has to think fast to survive. Will his plan work or will Ryan end up cold, alone and on the streets? This is a gritty heartrending tale of a small boy's search for a place to call home.

Children usually come into foster care as a result of abuse or severe neglect. Very occasionally, and sadly, it is a result of one or both parents becoming ill or even dying.When I was first asked to foster little Michael I didn’t think I had what it took. His mother was already dead and his father was very ill and needed someone to look after Michael when he had to go into hospital. I was worried about the effect all this would have on my children. However, when I met Michael and his father I was won over by their courage, faith and positive attitude to life. I knew I had to help them in any way I could.What followed is a story of hope, happiness, and making the most of every day. It is the story of a father’s selfless love and devotion to his son, and a small boy’s belief that when the time comes the angels will take his daddy to be in heaven with his mummy

A fresh and practical guide to successfully managing children's behaviour - from babies to young adults.

When Reece arrives at Cathy's door at 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet. Reece is the last of six siblings to be fostered. Having been in care for four months his aggressive and disruptive behavior has seen him passed from carer to carer. Although only 7, he has been excluded from school, and bites people so often that his mother calls him "Sharky." Cathy wants to find the answers for Reece's distressing behavior, but he has been sworn to secrecy by his mother, and will not tell them anything. As the social worker prepares for the final hearing, he finds five different files on Reece's family, and is incredulous that he had not been removed from them as a baby. When the darkest of family secrets is revealed to Cathy, Reece's behavior suddenly starts to make sense, and together they can begin to rebuild his life.

The bestselling author of Damaged presents the true story of Donna, who entered foster care at ten after enduring abuse and rejection. After three weeks in care with her two younger brothers, Donna is moved to Cathy's home. Upon arrival, she is silent, withdrawn, and visibly haunted, refusing to engage with Cathy's children, Adrian and Paula. With patience, Cathy encourages Donna to open up, revealing her belief that she is to blame for her family's situation. Social services were aware of the neglect by their alcoholic mother, but the full extent of the abuse remained hidden. As Donna learns to trust Cathy, she shares the harrowing experiences of her past, including being forced to scrub her skin with wire wool due to her mother’s shame over her mixed race. The psychological scars from bullying also resurface, leading Donna to mimic the abusive behavior she witnessed at home towards Paula. Cathy's concern deepens as Donna's erratic behavior escalates, including trashing her room and being abusive to Cathy's children. As Cathy grapples with the mounting pressure to help Donna, she questions whether she can truly reach this deeply wounded child or if the damage is too profound to heal.

Million-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her.

From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author comes the poignant and shocking memoir of Cathy's recent relationship with Tayo, a young boy she fosters whose good behaviour and polite manners hide a terrible past.

Příběh zneužívaného a odvrženého dítěte Jodie patří mezi děti, které jejich rodina zneužívá a zanedbává. Brutální sexuální zneužití, nedostatečná péče a bezohlednost k potřebám malé Jodie vedly k tomu, že úřady tuto osmiletou dívenku odebraly rodičům a hledaly pro ni náhradní rodinu. Příběh začíná ve chvíli, kdy se po čtyřech měsících náhradní péče Jodie ocitne ve své páté pěstounské rodině. Péče o Jodie není „procházkou růžovou zahradou“ a její pěstounka nenajde zázračné řešení, které by dokázalo spravit Jodiin rozbitý život. Dokáže ale prolomit její nedůvěru k dospělým a ukázat jí i to, že když ji má někdo rád, nemusí to dávat najevo sexuálním chováním. Kniha představuje náročný úkol pěstounů a adoptivních rodičů, kteří někdy dostanou do péče dítě, které se i přes jejich nejlepší snahy nedokáže vymanit z toho, co prožilo, a následky týrání či vážného zanedbávání si nese po celý život. Kniha osloví čtenáře, kteří se zajímají o skutečné příběhy s psychologickou tematikou, lidi, kteří se věnují náhradní rodinné péči, a vychovatele, kteří se starají o zneužívané a zanedbávané děti.