this book broke me especially as the young children were finding virtual contact difficult and not seeing their parents in person . She should have stood by her daughter throughout the process and then she never would have lost the younger two. She is supposed to have phone contact with Polly and Angie but doesn’t want to speak to them, which seems strange. When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned. She has three teenage children of her own; one of whom was adopted after a long-term foster placement.

Ashleigh is now living in a children’s residential home where she will be prepared for semi-independent living when she comes out of care at eighteen. She could have been prosecuted for wasting police time because of the lies she told, but she received a warning instead and accepts she did wrong. It was the first time reading one of Cathy's, and I found her writing style to be somewhat simple, which in turn made it difficult to follow. On top of that, this was written during the height of Covid, so there's constant talk about restrictions and social distancing and hand-washing, and I don't think an editor ever looked at this because there was a lot of repetition and grammatical issues that an editor would have caught in an instant.

The plot plays out in a surprising way that gives an important lesson for anyone involved in child protection. I don't like to perpetuate the idea that false reports occur, because the system makes it difficult enough for children and women to be believed as it is. I feel like this is such an unusual event to happen, and it was honestly difficult to read about a story where the "child" (a fourteen year old) is actually at fault as opposed to the adult. They decided not to sue the police or social services as they were going to as they recognized they were only doing their jobs. Her fostering memoirs tell the stories of some of the children who came in to her care, many of whom had suffered abuse.

Through all the obstacles and traumas she just carries on giving the best care that she can possibly give. g. "Joy wasn't Janet's SSW" when written in context, implies strongly that Joy was doing a good job for Cathy and that Janet needed similar support but wasn't getting it. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.

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