The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally
bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. This book tells the
true story of Cathy's adopted daughter Lucy.
Lucy was born to a single mother who had been abused and neglected for
most of her own childhood. Right from the beginning Lucy's mother
couldn't cope, but it wasn't until Lucy reached eight years old that she
was finally taken into permanent foster care.
By the time Lucy is brought to live with Cathy she is eleven years old
and severely distressed after being moved from one foster home to
another. Withdrawn, refusing to eat and three years behind in her
schooling, it is thought that the damage Lucy has suffered is
irreversible.
But Cathy and her two children bond with Lucy quickly, and break through
to Lucy in a way no-one else has been able to, finally showing her the
loving home she never believed existed. Cathy and Lucy believe they were
always destined to be mother and daughter - it just took them a little
while to find each other.