What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby
is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of
Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and
moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy's care, and the
potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.
When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only
concern is if she will remember how to look after a baby. But upon
collecting Harrison from the hospital, Cathy realises she has more to
worry than she thought when she discovers that his background is
shrouded in secrecy.
She isn't told why Harrison is in foster care and his social worker says
only a few are aware of his very existence, and if his whereabouts
became known his life, and that of his parents, could be in danger.
Cathy tries to put her worries aside as she looks after Harrison, a
beautiful baby, who is alert and engaging. Cathy and her children
quickly bond with Harrison although they know that, inevitably, he will
eventually be adopted.
But when a woman Cathy doesn't know starts appearing in the street
outside her house acting suspiciously, Cathy fears for her own family's
safety and demands some answers from Harrison's social worker. The
social worker tells Cathy a little but what she says is very disturbing
. How is this woman connected to Harrison and can she answer the
questions that will affect Harrison's whole life?
