Million-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of Dawn, a
sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a
traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who
should have cared for her.
Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever fostered. Sweet and seemingly
well balanced girl, Dawn's outward appearance masked a traumatic
childhood so awful, that even she could not remember it.
During the first night, Cathy awoke to see Dawn looming above Cathy's
baby's cot, her eyes staring and blank. She sleepwalks - which Cathy
learns is often a manifestation in disturbed children. It becomes a
regular and frightening occurrence, and Cathy is horrified to find Dawn
lighting a match whilst mumbling it's not my fault in her sleep one
night.
Cathy discovers Dawn is playing truant from school, and struggling to
make friends. More worryingly she finds her room empty one night, and
her pillow covered in blood. Dawn has been self-harming in order to
release the pain of her past.
When Dawn attempts suicide, Cathy realises that she needs more help than
she can give. Dawn's mother eventually confides in her that Dawn was
sent away to live with relatives in Ireland between the ages of 5 and 9,
and Cathy soon realises that the horrors Dawn was exposed to during this
time have left her a very disturbed little girl.
