false 4289768 2 The bestselling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged ten, having been abused, victimised and rejected by her family. Donna had 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with her two young brothers for three weeks when she is abruptly moved to Cathy's. When Donna arrives she is silent, withdrawn and walks with her shoulders hunched forward and her head down.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. 4337341 4 5 2009 The Saddest Girl in the World total:5|5:3|4:1|3:1|2:0|1:0| 5 22 30 1 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 13:07:30 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 13:07:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 05:24:34 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 05:24:34 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 13:31:21 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 13:31:21 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:04:41 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:05:55 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 13:53:57 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 13:54:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 07:05:09 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 07:05:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:51:22 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 00:51:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 09:59:58 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 09:59:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:15:35 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 00:15:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 16:14:49 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 16:14:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 17:51:20 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 17:51:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 15:57:17 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 15:57:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 22:51:46 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 22:51:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 05:15:44 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 05:15:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 14 09:32:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 09:32:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 30 18:58:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 18:58:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 02:53:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 02:53:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 12 07:21:12 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 07:21:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 07:18:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:18:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 14:06:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 14:06:09 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4289768