Unwanted: Part 1 of 3: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

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It was a mother and child foster placement. My role was to keep Arthur safe, assess Lara’s parenting capacity, and give her help and advice where necessary in the hope she would be able to make the necessary changes to keep her son. I felt the responsibility especially as all the social worker’s ‘visits’ were online due to continuing covid restrictions. It was as though Lara’s future lay in my hands. The continued success that Cathy Glass experienced following her first two books is evident in popular titles like: “Cut” and Claudette traced some of Lara’s foster carers who of course had kept photos of Lara – digital and paper, so they sent copies of Lara’s time with them. Lara was surprised and touched, especially as the carers said if she ever wanted to meet up they’d be very happy to. I didn’t,’ I blurted. ‘Sorry. There seems to have been some confusion. I thought I was just having Arthur.'

That’s correct. Arthur can have his cot in with you if you don’t have a spare bedroom. We don’t want them in the same room, to begin with at least.’ A trip to WH Smith at the weekend witnessed a score of titles from agency clients Casey Watson, Cathy Glass and Lynne Barrett-Lee on display. I am delighted that Unwanted remains in the UK top ten for another week. Thank you for all your kind comments. I write my books to raise awareness so I am pleased this book has reached so many. One final thought – History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. Nelson Mandela Cathy Glass’s Can I Let You Go? remains in the charts for an eighth consecutive week - this time no 14.

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A Family Torn Apart had retained it’s no 1 position for another week. I am pleased this story has touched so many. Thank you. I seem to be as busy as ever, but happily so: spending time with my family, writing, replying to readers’ messages, seeing Lara and other young people we’ve fostered, as well as preparing and delivering induction talks for those thinking of fostering, and foster carer training. Oh yes and some respite fostering. In this tale Cathy also comes across even more preachy, as she is fostering a mother-child placement, and the struggling mother is 21. Cathy has no shame in describing herself and her daughter monopolising the care of the child, then barating the young mother for not taking responsibility for their care, and criticising her for taking her son into bed with her in the morning after and exhausting night, or wanting some 'time off' from being a mum, which I think all parents need sometimes. Does it? You’re approved to foster all age groups andyou have experience of mother-and-baby placements.’ She would have seen this on my file

Unwanted: Part 1 of 3: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child? by Cathy Glass – eBook Details Cathy Glass’s A Family Torn Apart remains in the top ten for a seventh week – this time at number 10. A recent trip to Asda included the pleasurable sight of four agency authors on display: Casey Watson, Cathy Glass, Kris Hollington and Kirk Norcross.

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Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son. Thank you for agreeing to take Lara and Arthur,’ she said. ‘We were really struggling to find a mother-and-child placement.’ Collins have bought World rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir Where has Mummy Gone?, the story of eight-year old Melody. Cathy Glass books are a slightly guilty pleasure of mine. The way that Cathy portrays herself as taking 'damaged' children and 'fixing' them after they have suffered somehow reassures me that even the most evil situations can be somewhat remedied. Although I recognise that the suffering of the children can, tragically, never be properly healed.

More success for Cathy Glass, whose book A Baby’s Cry was the 17th bestselling memoir of 2012, below Tulisa but above Justin Bieber. Very true to life: A really nice story that is very true to life. I love the way Cathy is so helpful, kind and understanding."Initially I thought all her stories were true, and very much set in the past. However her writing is now describing fostering during the pandemic, so I feel like these stories cannot possibly be true, and how horrid for the fostered individuals to have their dirty laundry aired in such a way. I have fostered 200 kids, but Lucy’s eyes were haunted and my heart went out to her - she was destined to be my daughter”

My adult son, Adrian, was married to the lovely Kirsty. My daughter Lucy was living happily with her partner, Darren, and had blessed me with my first grandchild, Emma, now two and a half, and a treasure who made us all smile. My other daughter Paula was still living with me, so there was just the two of us and our rescue cat, Sammy, at home. I’d been divorced for many years. Paula had recently returned to work after being furloughed during the peak of the pandemic, so it felt as if life was gradually returning to normal. Of concern was that the R number – used to calculate the spread of the coronavirus – was rising, particularly in some areas. We were regularly reminded on television and billboards to stay safe by sanitizing our hands, wearing a face mask in enclosed public spaces and social distancing. This had become known as the ‘hands, face, space’ rule. For those of you who have been waiting for my next Lisa Stone thriller, The Gathering, it’s four weeks! https://rb.gy/derlw I love reading about fostering. I was in foster homes before I was adopted. Cathy Glass is a wonderful and understanding foster care. Goodreads 5* Harper Collins have bought world rights in Cathy Glass’s latest fostering memoir A Family Torn Apart. Sometimes it felt like a never-ending stream of children coming through my door who for various reasons couldn’t live at home. Yet despite fostering over 150 children since I began all those years ago, I always gave each child the love and care they needed and deserved. My daughter Lucy arrived as a foster child and became my adopted daughter. Other children have returned home or gone to forever families.I love reading about fostering. I was in foster homes before I was adopted. Cathy Glass is a wonderful and understanding foster care." The poor child, I thought. I’d fostered children before who’d arrived with suspected non-accidental injuries, including cigarette burns, scalds, cuts and bruises, and it didn’t get any easier. But I put my concerns for him aside for now – I’d do enough worrying once he arrived – and continued with my day as planned. I spent the afternoon with Lucy and Emma and on my way home dropped in at Adrian’s. He was still working from home but was pleased to have a break. Kirsty, a teacher, was in school. My family lived locally so we were able to see each other regularly. Sadly, my dear parents, who’d been so supportive of my fostering, had now passed. A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever by Cathy Glass 21 copies I have two books coming out soon – one by Lisa Stone, The Gathering, out 3rd August, The other a Cathy Glass memoir, Unsafe. 31st August. I hope you enjoy them, x It was the end of October. My previous foster children had just left and I was anticipating a few days, maybe even a week, child-free, when I hoped to be able to wind down after a rather traumatic year fostering during the pandemic. I could catch up with friends and my family.