A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever

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And the book’s description of the “ripple effect” of a child’s removal from his own home, however bad, shows it to be enormous, however good the foster home. I also worked closely with the police on abuse cases and understand why social workers cannot share all the information discovered during the assessment process. But gradually they began to settle and as they did they talked more of life at home where there were a lot of arguments between Ashleigh and their parents. They didn’t have evidence to support the claim and I think they could have gotten there way earlier.

I suspect there are issues of consent, which is why she publishes under a pseudonym and changes the names of her charges and their families, but she provides lots of very specific details about the family, regardless. In my teens I began writing short stories, articles, a few radio plays, and entering writing competitions. We all know about washing our hands and sanitizer but what I didn't get was more of the girls story. I would highly recommend this book and all of Cathy's books to anyone who is interested in fostering or social work, those who enjoy memoirs, or those just looking for something interesting. Through all the obstacles and traumas she just carries on giving the best care that she can possibly give.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). Angie, aged 5, and her sister Polly, aged 4, were utterly distraught when they were removed from home by social workers and brought to live with me. As is my custom I looked up the author, Cathy Glass, before starting the book and to my dismay I learned that she’s ground out dozens of what looked like tearjerkers about pitiful foster kids who end up living happily ever after. The story Cathy tells keeps you captivated from the very first page right through until the last page.

This book in particular was hard to read due to the subject matter, and the intense distress it clearly caused to all family members involved.Yes, they are unique and tragic stories of individual children, but the themes reflect the experiences of millions of children across the world.