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Another Place at the Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,724 ratings — published 2003
Damaged (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.28 — 19,677 ratings — published 2007
Another Forgotten Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.48 — 5,408 ratings — published
I Miss Mummy (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.46 — 4,806 ratings — published 2010
Three Little Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,927 ratings — published 2008
Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,669 ratings — published 2008
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.44 — 6,251 ratings — published 2007
The Saddest Girl in the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.38 — 5,239 ratings — published 2009
Innocent: The True Story of Siblings Struggling to Survive (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,570 ratings — published 2019
Nobody’s Son: All Alex ever wanted was a family of his own (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,063 ratings — published 2017
Please Don’t Take My Baby (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.44 — 3,590 ratings — published 2014
Hidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.45 — 6,299 ratings — published 2007
Will You Love Me?: Lucy's Story: The Heartbreaking True Story of My Adopted Daughter and Her Desperate Search for a Loving Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.57 — 5,705 ratings — published 2013
Reframing Foster Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.48 — 528 ratings — published
Where has Mummy Gone?: When there is nothing left but memories… (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,432 ratings — published 2018
The Child Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,340 ratings — published 2014
My Dad’s a Policeman: A Compelling Drama About a Young Boy Struggling to Survive the Foster Care System (Quick Reads)
by (shelved 8 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,897 ratings — published 2011
Saving Danny: A Powerful Non-Fiction Memoir of Fostering and Family Struggles (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.49 — 2,463 ratings — published 2015
To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,564 ratings — published 2013
A Baby's Cry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.33 — 5,349 ratings — published 2012
Mummy Told Me Not to Tell (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.39 — 6,423 ratings — published 2010
A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story. (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,028 ratings — published 2020
Cruel to Be Kind (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,811 ratings — published 2017
Daddy’s Little Princess (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,662 ratings — published 2014
Girl Alone (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,757 ratings — published 2015
Foster the Family: Encouragement, Hope, and Practical Help for the Christian Foster Parent (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,593 ratings — published
A Life Lost: The shocking true story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.50 — 2,837 ratings — published
Keep the Doors Open: Lessons Learned from a Year of Foster Parenting (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.41 — 565 ratings — published
Finding Stevie (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,825 ratings — published 2019
Can I Let You Go? (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.52 — 2,490 ratings — published 2016
The Silent Cry (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,992 ratings — published 2016
A Stolen Childhood: A dark past, a terrible secret, a girl without a future (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,101 ratings — published 2015
The Night the Angels Came (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.54 — 5,140 ratings — published 2011
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.58 — 44,674 ratings — published 2007
Foster (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.29 — 204,391 ratings — published 2010
An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.56 — 2,620 ratings — published
The Connected Parent: Trauma-Informed Parenting Guide for Building Attachment and Trust in Adoptive and Foster Families (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,825 ratings — published 2020
Too Scared to Tell (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.55 — 2,986 ratings — published
Please Don't Take My Sisters (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,344 ratings — published 2019
Tiny Prisoners (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.53 — 3,689 ratings — published 2016
Terrified (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,010 ratings — published
A Boy Without Hope: A Memoir of Resilience and Survival in the Foster Care System (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,098 ratings — published
A Long Way from Home (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,615 ratings — published 2018
A Last Kiss for Mummy: A Teenage Mum, a Tiny Infant, a Desperate Decision (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,176 ratings — published 2013
The Girl in the Mirror (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,805 ratings — published 2010
Too Hurt to Stay: The True Story of a Troubled Boy’s Desperate Search for a Loving Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,402 ratings — published 2012
Mummy’s Little Helper: The Heartrending True Story of a Young Girl Secretly Caring for Her Severely Disabled Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,421 ratings — published 2013
Crying for Help: The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,424 ratings — published 2012
Little Prisoners: A Tragic Story of Siblings Trapped in a World of Abuse and Suffering (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,885 ratings — published 2012
The Boy No One Loved (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as fostering)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,060 ratings — published 2011
“Sister, why do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Cage the animals at night?"
"Well..." She looked up and out through the barred window before answering me."We don't want to, Jennings, but we have to. You see, the animals that are given to us we have to take care of. If we didn't cage them up in one place, we might lose them, they might get hurt or damaged. It's not the best thing, but it's the only way we have to take care of them."
"But if somebody loved one them," I asked, "wouldn't it be a good idea to let them have one? To keep, I mean?"
"Yes, it would be. But not everyone would love them and take care of them as you would. I wish I could give them all away tomorrow." She looked at me. There were tears in her eyes. "But I can't. My heart would break if I saw just one of those animals lying by the wayside uncared for, unloved. No, Jennings. It's better if we keep them together.”
― They Cage the Animals at Night: The True Story of an Abandoned Child's Struggle for Emotional Survival
"Do what?"
"Cage the animals at night?"
"Well..." She looked up and out through the barred window before answering me."We don't want to, Jennings, but we have to. You see, the animals that are given to us we have to take care of. If we didn't cage them up in one place, we might lose them, they might get hurt or damaged. It's not the best thing, but it's the only way we have to take care of them."
"But if somebody loved one them," I asked, "wouldn't it be a good idea to let them have one? To keep, I mean?"
"Yes, it would be. But not everyone would love them and take care of them as you would. I wish I could give them all away tomorrow." She looked at me. There were tears in her eyes. "But I can't. My heart would break if I saw just one of those animals lying by the wayside uncared for, unloved. No, Jennings. It's better if we keep them together.”
― They Cage the Animals at Night: The True Story of an Abandoned Child's Struggle for Emotional Survival
“The love of a foster mother for her charge appears absolutely irrational.”
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