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Unwanted
- Author
- Cathy Glass
- Narrator
- DeNica Fairman
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 19 January 2023
- Run Time
- 7 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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.
Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by their social worker. Lara has fled an abusive relationship and Arthur has suspected non-accidental injuries. Cathy must monitor Lara whenever she is with her son, day and night. She cannot let them out of her sight for a minute.
Lara loves her son, but she puts her own needs first. Cathy must teach Lara how to care for Arthur, but will it be enough to allow her to keep him?
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Details
- Author
- Cathy Glass
- Narrator
- DeNica Fairman
- Duration
- 7 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 January 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008584443
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Memoirs, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Adoption and fostering: advice, topics and issues, Adoption and fostering, Child abuse, Domestic abuse
Synopsis
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. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by their social worker. Lara has fled an abusive relationship and Arthur has suspected non-accidental injuries. Cathy must monitor Lara whenever she is with her son, day and night. She cannot let them out of her sight for a minute. Lara loves her son, but she puts her own needs first. Cathy must teach Lara how to care for Arthur, but will it be enough to allow her to keep him?
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