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Loading... Will You Love Me?: The story of my adopted daughter Lucy (2014)by Cathy Glass
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is the third book I've read by this author who is a foster carer in England. She ends up adopting Lucy who has had a heartbreaking childhood up to age eleven when she gets placed in Cathy's home. Very touching. I could hardly put this book down. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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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 Withdrawn, refusing to eat and three years behind in her schooling, it is thought that the damage Lucy has suffered is irreversible.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. ughter - it just took them a little while to find each other. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)362.734092Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Social problems of & services to groups of people Child welfare AdoptionLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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