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I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
by
Cathy Glass
When Wayne arrives at Cathy’s door aged 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.Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathy's house. Drug-dependent and mentally ill,...more
ebook, 352 pages
Published
July 8th 2010
by HarperCollins Publishers
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I really like reading stories from foster care providers. This author is very similar to Casey Watson, another UK foster carer. We have considered becoming foster parents ourselves so I like to read what it is 'really' like. Although the UK has a very different system than the U.S. I do like the interactions between the family members and like to see the effect that the foster children have on the whole family. This book was no exception to what I like about this type of book. Alice, a four year...more
This was a sad but uplifting story about a little girl, Alice, who gets taken into the foster care system because somebody had gotten the impression that Alice's home life was unstable. Her foster carer, Cathy, gradually starts to realize that Alice shouldn't have been taken out of her home in the first place. Sadly, getting Alice back to her loving family isn't as easy as it should have been.
When 4-year-old Alice first came to Cathy's house, she was different from most of the other kids Cathy f...more
When 4-year-old Alice first came to Cathy's house, she was different from most of the other kids Cathy f...more
Jul 03, 2012
Jaymee-laura
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
true-story-biography
Another fantastic novel by Cathy glass. This is the first book of hers I've read where child abuse isn't part of the storyline, but it was still one of the saddest. It kept me interested until the end, and wasn't at all predictable.
The author tells the true story of Alice, a four year old girl in the foster system that she, as a carer, is asked to look after. Alice is being taken away from her mother and grandparents, and going to live with her father, who she doesn't know at all. When Alice ar...more
Iniciei a leitura deste livro com algum receio. Acredito que a leitura de uma história verídica deve ser feita numa altura em que se tenha um certo estado de humor para que se possa entender e afeiçoar à história da forma correcta. Nunca tinha lido nenhum livro desta autora, que tem um longo historial profissional em casos de crianças em situações problemáticas, mas fiquei cativada pela forma doce como descrevia cada pormenor. Este livro fala de uma menina de quatro anos que foi retirada aos avó...more
This is a story of a little girl called Alice
Alice is to be placed with Cathy and her family on the Friday but it did not work
Before she even came to Cathy her mum had taken her and hid her for a few day,
Alice love her Nan grandpa and her mummy but she dont love her daddy and his new wife
this book will have you in tears, but Alice is a very brave girl and you will grow to love her as you read the book
for the people that have fostered or foster you will feel for poor Alice as you for every child...more
Alice is to be placed with Cathy and her family on the Friday but it did not work
Before she even came to Cathy her mum had taken her and hid her for a few day,
Alice love her Nan grandpa and her mummy but she dont love her daddy and his new wife
this book will have you in tears, but Alice is a very brave girl and you will grow to love her as you read the book
for the people that have fostered or foster you will feel for poor Alice as you for every child...more
While difficult to comment on personal accounts and true stories I thought this was the most disappointing Cathy Glass book so far. The monotony of her repeating her daily routine and outlining her worries continously got very old, very quickly. It would've been a lot better if she had at least broken it up a little with more personal stories maybe about past foster children or her own children but as it was it felt more like I was reading a diary rather than a book that has been worked on and c...more
Jul 10, 2012
Maggie
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
biography-memoir,
non-fiction
I find the case studies of Cathy Glass's foster children utterly fascinating. Although I am very aware that this is essentially a memoir written by Cathy and is thus suspect since she would naturally show herself in the best light, I have so much respect for how she handles the difficult day-to-day issues she must deal with in caring for these children. Alice's case history was particularly touching because she was such a young child and there were no allegations of any kind of abuse. How Alice...more
Such a sad, sad story and not because of abuse like in the horrible case of Jodi but because there was none. There must be an incredible shortage of social workers in the UK because they were an issue with Lucy, Jodi, Alice. It's either a shortage or lack of empathy. Thank goodness Alice finally had Kitty but who knows how bad things could have turned or how long it would have taken if a decent social worker hadn't finally been placed.
Very moving story. I read this book on an eReader, and I liked that it was not edited for the US. It was kept with UK English, while a bit confusing to me, it made the story more true, and I liked that. The author is a good writer, she has a nice flow that keeps the story moving and she has a good heart for what she does. I would recommend this book.
I hope Cathy Glass puts some of the fortune she's made from selling these children's stories back into the social care system...
Very easy to read and informative for someone considering foster care; interesting for someone already doing the job to see how other carers struggle with social services and deal with decisions made that they don't necessarily agree with.
Very easy to read and informative for someone considering foster care; interesting for someone already doing the job to see how other carers struggle with social services and deal with decisions made that they don't necessarily agree with.
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I have read a number of Glass books now and it was quite refreshing to read one which didn't feature child abuse but it highlighted how fragile and sometimes unfair the system is. You never knew what was finally going to happen to the little four-year-old girl, so lord only knows what she was thinking. It is down to Cathy that she remained so stable.
Basically a young girl is taken from her grandparents into care to stay with Cathy, a foster carer, and her family.She is only supposed to be with C...more
Basically a young girl is taken from her grandparents into care to stay with Cathy, a foster carer, and her family.She is only supposed to be with C...more
The ending wasn't easy to guess - at least I was desperate to read more and more the further I got. A lovely and a touching story of a little girl whose life seemed so unfair to me that I even had to unwind myself to a friend. Loved this book.
My first ever English novel which I finished successful. I encouraged to grab this novel because of the marks of ‘true story’. It is better to get into the true life rather than we just caught into the writer’s imaginations. I am not very sure with my feelings after red this, but honestly, my eye mist with the scenes. I love Alice (the one who miss her mummy) and am pleased to have a daughter with ingenious like her.
Thank goodness for this little girl that she had Cathy on her side and was listening to her and her grandparents, otherwise the outcome could have been totally different and done more hard than good to this little girl.
I really like Cathy Glass's writing style. I will definitely read more of her books. This was a great book about foster families and a must read for anyone considering fostering a child.
Finally, a book with a happy ending. Sorry, I don't want to spoil the story, but it's nice once in a while to read a sad story that has a happy ending. Very good.
A very sad and frustrating story about a small girl in foster care. After having read a few chapters I just had to turn to the last page to see how it was going to end and I NEVER do that.
It is a good read so far, it make you see from a side of foster children where they may not appear to have been abused. Only half way through so will update
Amazing story about the truth behind the foster world. Very good read and very close to tears.
This is the first Cathy Glass book that I have read.
A really good read and an real insight to foster caring.
What a lovely family Cathy has.
A really good read and an real insight to foster caring.
What a lovely family Cathy has.
Pretty good book. I am glad it had a happy ending. I always take these books so hard.
i really liked it....it was nice to see a happy little girl in of of cathy glass books
another good book by cathy once i start i can't stop reading them
A very sad story but with a happy ending.
best one yet. this one had me in tears.
This story broke my heart because I really never understood why this little girl was taken away from her gradparents. It shows how children really can and do get lost in the system. I was happy that eventually she was assigned to a social worker who was interested in getting to the bottom of why this little girl was in care to begin with.
Awesome book, from the eyes of a foster mother.
Oct 05, 2012
Cindy Williams
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
human-interest
This book made me incredibly sad. I cannot believe the social services did not check out the child's circumstances more thoroughly before they removed her from a loving home. And then to read they were thinking of placing her with an abusive father. That is unfathomable!!!
I wish I could give this book 10 stars! For me its the last Cathy Glass book - and admittedly I think it has to be my favourite. As usual, Glass` portrayal of the story left me hungry for more and almost unable to put this book down, I desperately wanted to read it to find out what happened. Thankfully a very happy ending, although I was in tears! Fantastic!
I will definitely read more novels by Cathy Glass after reading this one. I recommend having a tissue or two nearby, but it really is a great read.
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Cathy Glass is a bestselling British author, freelance writer and foster carer.
Her work is strongly identified with both the True Life Stories and Inspirational Memoirs genres, and she has also written a parenting guide to bringing up children, Happy Kids, and a novel, The Girl in the Mirror, based on a true story.
Glass has worked as a foster career for more than 20 years, during which time she ha...more
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Her work is strongly identified with both the True Life Stories and Inspirational Memoirs genres, and she has also written a parenting guide to bringing up children, Happy Kids, and a novel, The Girl in the Mirror, based on a true story.
Glass has worked as a foster career for more than 20 years, during which time she ha...more
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