The Saddest Girl in the World by Cathy Glass, ISBN 9780007281046

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Donna had been in foster care with her two young brothers for three weeks when she is abruptly moved to Cathys. When Donna arrives she is silent, withdrawn and walks with her shoulders hunched forward and her head down. Donna is clearly a very haunted child and refuses to interact with Cathys children Adrian and Paula. After patience and encouragement from Cathy, Donna slowly starts to talk and tells Cathy that she blames herself for her and her brothers being placed in care. The social services were aware that Donna and her brothers had been neglected by their alcoholic mother, but no one realised the extent of the abuse they were forced to suffer. The truth of the physical torment she was put through slowly emerges, and as Donna grows to trust Cathy she tells her how her mother used to make her wash herself with wire wool so that she could get rid of her skin colour as her mother was so ashamed that Donna was mixed race. The psychological wounds caused by the bullying she received also start to resurface when Donna starts reenacting the ways she was treated at home by hitting and bullying Paula, so much so that Cathy cant let Donna out of her sight. As the pressure begins to mount on Cathy to help this child, things start to get worse and Donna begins behaving in erratic ways, trashing her bedroom and being regularly abusive towards Cathys children. Cathy begins to wonder if she can find a way to help this child or if Donnas scars run too deep.

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About the Author: Cathy Glass

Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for over 20 years, during which time she has looked after more than 50 children, of all ages and backgrounds.

She has always combined fostering with writing, and gets up very early in the morning so that she can write, before the day begins with her ever-changing family. Cathy sees writing as a therapy for her. Cathy believes telling the children's stories helped her to come to terms with what the children had been through. Before the publication of the fostering memoirs she had written short stories, articles, and poems for various national magazines and newspapers.

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