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Where Has Mummy Gone?

A Young Girl and a Mother Who No Longer Knows Her
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Where Has Mummy Gone? by Cathy Glass is a poignant memoir detailing Cathy's experience as a foster carer for a troubled young girl named Melody. The story explores Melody's struggles with rejection and grief after being separated from her mentally ill mother. Through compassion and patience, Cathy helps Melody find stability and hope in the face of uncertainty.
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This heartfelt memoir might appeal to you if you’re interested in stories of resilience and hope in the face of adversity. The narrative unfolds the real-life challenges faced by a young girl in foster care and her journey towards healing, offering deep insights into the foster care system and the human spirit.

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Where Has Mummy Gone?

The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care.

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The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug-dependent single mother and brought into care.

When Cathy is told about Melody’s terrible childhood, she is sure she’s heard it all before. But it isn’t long before she feels there is more going on than she or the social services are aware of. Although Melody is angry at having to leave her mother, as many children coming into care are, she also worries about her obsessively – far more than is usual.

Amanda, Melody’s mother, is also angry and takes it out on Cathy at contact, which again is something Cathy has experienced before. Yet there is a lost and vulnerable look about Amanda, and Cathy starts to see why Melody worries about her and feels she needs looking after.

When Amanda misses contact, it is assumed she has forgotten, but nothing could have been further from the truth…

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Where Has Mummy Gone? by Cathy Glass is praised for its emotional depth and compelling narrative. Reviewers highlight Cathy Glass’s compassionate storytelling as she navigates the harrowing yet hopeful journey of a child in foster care. Readers appreciate the insight into the challenges faced by foster children and the dedication of those who care for them.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008305468

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 September 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Cathy Glass is a pseudonym. She has been a foster carer for over 20 years, during which time she has looked after more than 100 children, of all ages and backgrounds. Cathy runs training courses on fostering for her local Social Services, and helps draft new fostering procedures and guidelines. Cathy has three teenage children of her own; one of whom, Lucy, was adopted after a long-term foster placement. Cathy has always had an interest in writing, combining fostering with occasional freelance journalism and commercial writing, usually when a particular issue stirs her passion. Before the success of Damaged she had written on health and social issues for the Guardian, the Evening Standard, Luton News, and the Hemel Gazette. She is also a published fiction writer, with poems and short stories published in a number of commercial magazines. Cathy’s books have been constantly in the best-seller charts since Damaged was published in 2007, having sold over 2 million copies across her titles worldwide.

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