Fierce Fragile Hearts (Beautiful Broken Things, #2)

by Sara Barnard

Dilys has taken my hand, which would be weird if I hadn’t just spilled my heart out to her. ‘It’s very easy to be cruel,’ she says (which surprises me, because I was just expecting her to say something nice, like ‘You’re not a show-off’). ‘Especially to a child who is vulnerable and seeking approval or love. When you remember these things, and the terrible things that were said or done to you, you must think: How easy it is to hurt a child. Do you understand what I’m saying?’