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Narrated by:
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Denica Fairman
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Cathy Glass
About this listen
The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.
At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass…
As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.
One of Cathy’s earliest and bestselling memoirs, Damaged is a heartbreaking story that proves just how valuable foster carers are for society’s most vulnerable children.
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yuck
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"Cannot fail to move those who read it." (Adoption-net)
"Heartbreaking." (The Mirror)
"A truly harrowing read that made me cry." (The Sun)
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home. Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year's Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the course, Archie said, 'The biscuits'. Social workers are concerned that Archie and Bobbi have been neglected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sad story
- By JaneMcFaddenStephens on 05-19-19
By: Rosie Lewis
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The Silent Witness
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A 12-year-old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in self-defence, she's been charged with his attempted murder. The girl is called Bella, and she's refusing to say anything. The trouble is that she is also the only witness....
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5 out of 5 stars
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must listen or read this book love love love love
- By diona tease on 10-16-17
By: Casey Watson
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Runaway Girl
- A Beautiful Girl. Trafficked for Sex. Is There Nowhere to Hide?
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 58
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Brought to Casey as a short-term emergency placement, 14-year-old Adrianna arrives with nothing but her gratitude. Having turned herself in to a social services office some 100 miles away, she has no possessions, no English and, apparently, no history - not that she's willing to share, anyway. She is a beautiful young Polish girl, with the bearing of a ballerina, but is terrified, malnourished and unwell.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Reader
- By Valerie Howard on 03-06-22
By: Casey Watson
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Sister Sister
- A truly absorbing psychological thriller
- By: Sue Fortin
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 837
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 754
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 753
Alice: beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar. Clare: intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous. Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life. Alice thinks Clare is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family. One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac. Two sisters. One truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, that was intense!
- By Wayne on 04-21-17
By: Sue Fortin
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The Nanny’s Lie
- By: Sue Fortin
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Hopper
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Story4 out of 5 stars 174
Helen has had to leave everything she's ever known behind: her home, her family, even her own name. Now, returning to the UK as Ellen Newman, she moves to a small coastal village, working as a nanny for Donovan, a criminal psychologist. Attractive, caring and protective, this single father and his sweet daughter are a world away from Ellen's brutal past. But Ellen can't shake the feeling that something's wrong.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really sad a woman wrote this
- By Mariel on 06-23-17
By: Sue Fortin
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My Sister’s Lies
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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For a decade, Hannah’s life has been pretty close to perfect - she has a great job, she’s married to Mark, and her child-free existence means she’s free as a bird. The only sadness in her life is a fall-out with her sister Diane, who hasn’t spoken to her in over 10 years. But now Diane is on her doorstep - and this time, she’s got her teenage daughter, Mia, in tow. When Diane asks if Mia can stay with Hannah and Mark for a few days, Hannah is glad of the chance to get to know her niece. But as the days turn into weeks and Diane doesn’t return, Hannah begins to worry....
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2 out of 5 stars
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waste of time
- By BaronR on 07-27-19
By: S.D. Robertson
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He Will Find You
- By: Diane Jeffrey
- Narrated by: Claire Trusson
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 290
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Story4 out of 5 stars 255
Kaitlyn Best is stuck in a rut. So when she discovers she's pregnant after a one-night stand with Alex, her school crush, she throws caution to the wind and accepts his offer to make a new life together in the depths of the Lake District, far from her home...and her demons. But Alex is not what he seems. And when Kaitlyn's world begins to crumble before her eyes, she realises she barely knows the man she has agreed to spend the rest of her life with.
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5 out of 5 stars
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OMG! Such a capturing story
- By Mike & Dakoda on 08-22-18
By: Diane Jeffrey
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Those Who Lie
- By: Diane Jeffrey
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4 out of 5 stars 95
Emily Klein doesn’t know she has killed her husband until the day of his funeral. At first, signs point to a tragic accident. Yet, as Emily pieces together the events before his death - events which led to her own memory loss - she begins to suspect that her husband’s death may have been the result of more than a terrible twist of fate.... But the accident is only the beginning. Because while Emily’s physical scars will heal, the trauma of the accident has awakened old ghosts. She hears strange sounds, catches things that can’t possibly be there in the corner of her eye.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A page turner indeed
- By Mystical Lady on 12-07-18
By: Diane Jeffrey
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The Affair
- A shocking story of a schoolgirl and a scandal
- By: Amanda Brooke
- Narrated by: Avita Jay
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 74
When Nina finds out that her 15-year-old daughter, Scarlett, is pregnant, her world falls apart. Because Scarlet won't tell anyone who the father is. And Nina is scared that the answer will destroy everything. As the suspects mount - from Scarlett's teacher to Nina's new husband of less than a year - Nina searches for the truth: no matter what the cost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Whodunnit with a Twist(s)
- By MarisaReads on 01-26-17
By: Amanda Brooke
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White Lies
- By: Lucy Dawson
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,816
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,215
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,195
A darkly gripping domestic drama about secrets and lies. When you have everything, you have everything to lose.... Alexandra Inglis is a respected family doctor, trusted by her patients to keep their most intimate secrets. And if sometimes the boundaries between duty and desire blur...well, she's only human. But when Alex oversteps a line with Jonathan, one of her patients, she knows she's gone too far.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Kept me guessing!!
- By ROBIN on 05-26-18
By: Lucy Dawson
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Taken
- By: Rosie Lewis
- Narrated by: Madeline Gould
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with neo-natal abstinence syndrome and a cleft palate. Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosie's loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new permanent home, but it turns out that Megan has already found her 'forever mummy' in Rosie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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She is where she belongs!
- By Amazon Customer on 06-01-20
By: Rosie Lewis
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The Good Mother
- By: Karen Osman
- Narrated by: Emmy Rose
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 143
How far would you go to protect your children? Catherine is a good mother and a good wife. The family home is immaculate, her husband's supper is cooked on time, but when she starts writing to Michael, a prisoner convicted of murder, she finds herself obsessing about his crime and whether he can ever truly be forgiven....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Slow-Burn but Ultimately Great
- By Candice on 02-22-19
By: Karen Osman
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After Anna
- By: Alex Lake
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Story4 out of 5 stars 246
The real nightmare starts when her daughter is returned.... A bone-chilling psychological thriller that will suit fans of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Daughter by Jane Shemilt, and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless. The police are at a loss; her parents are beyond grief. Their daughter is lost forever, perhaps dead, perhaps enslaved.
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2 out of 5 stars
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My feedback..2 overall
- By Haneet on 09-05-16
By: Alex Lake
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Between You and Me
- A psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming
- By: Lisa Hall
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,012
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 939
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Story4 out of 5 stars 930
They say every marriage has its secrets. But no one sees what happens behind closed doors. And sometimes those doors should never be opened.... Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other. But they aren't happy. Sal cannot leave, no matter what Charlie does - no matter how much it hurts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Never Mind the Twist - read it because it's good.
- By MarisaReads on 06-19-17
By: Lisa Hall
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At Home with the Templetons
- By: Monica McInerney
- Narrated by: Ulli Birve
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 53
When the Templeton family from England takes up residence in a stately home in country Australia, they set the locals talking – and with good reason. From the outside, the seven Templetons seem so bohemian, peculiar even. No one is more intrigued by the family than their neighbours, single mother Nina Donovan and her young son Tom. Before long, the two families' lives become entwined in unexpected ways.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A dreadful mistake
- By Julie on 11-14-10
By: Monica McInerney
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Bravery in Spades
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Story5 out of 5 stars 239
Cruel to Be Kind is the true story of Max, age six. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even before Max has moved in. Cathy and her family are shocked when they first meet Max. But his social worker isn't the only one in denial; his whole family are, too.
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simple interesting. honest.
- By Kevster on 06-15-18
By: Cathy Glass
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Spilled Milk
- Based on a True Story
- By: K.L. Randis
- Narrated by: K.L. Randis
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Brooke Nolan is a battered child who makes an anonymous phone call about the escalating brutality in her home. When social services jeopardize her safety, condemning her to keep her father's secret, it's a glass of spilled milk at the dinner table that forces her to speak about the cruelty she's been hiding. In her pursuit of safety and justice, Brooke battles a broken court system that pushes to keep her father in the home.
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Devastating story but so impactful and educational.
- By Daisy V on 12-16-24
By: K.L. Randis
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My Prison Without Bars
- The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal
- By: Taylor Evan Fulks
- Narrated by: Em Eldridge
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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My Prison without Bars is a courageous and harrowing journey through the catacombs of hell, from the mind and voice of a little girl, living with her own monster underneath her bed. Written in first person, this novel is not a memoir, but more a psychological thriller based on true events; chronicling one woman's attempt to claw her way out of the darkness of Child Sexual Abuse, while struggling to find normal, in a not-so-normal world. It is poignant, dark and graphic; not for the faint of heart.
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My life
- By PMOUSAABR on 03-08-16
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Violated: A shocking and harrowing survival story from the notorious Rotherham abuse scandal
- By: Sarah Wilson
- Narrated by: Chloe Massey
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The shocking first true account from one of the young girls who lived through and survived the Rotherham sex abuse scandal. In the summer of 2014, the Rotherham sex abuse scandal sent shockwaves through the nation. A report revealed that since the 1990s, up to 1,400 young girls in the town had been regularly abused by sex gangs, predominantly comprised of Pakistani men.
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Horror Story and shocking to think this happened in modern day Britain.
- By Darkangel on 08-13-15
By: Sarah Wilson
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- Sandy
- 09-27-16
Truly heartbreaking
I definitely would recommend this touching story. What amazing love and care Cathy Glass offers her foster children - even those who are emotionally, physically and mentally broken like Jodi, the one in this story. My heart breaks just trying to imagine the horrors young Jodi had to live through. Our world needs more people like Cathy Glass!
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- BRANDIE CONWAY
- 09-17-16
WOW
so heartbreaking I hear from the ones behind the lives of these poor children, all the heartbreak they feel along with the children.
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- Jennifer L. Midgette
- 09-12-17
Forensic Point of View
As as Forensics Nurse I see such a limited glimpse into the world of my patients and how the navigate through the system. I am glad I listened!
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- Desiree
- 06-23-24
My Life in a box
omg Cathy. hearing this reminds me so much of my life. not to this extent, but so much of what happened to Jodie happened to me. social Services NEVER got involved and I know it was infear of the males in my life. I am 50 now but throughout my life I have my moments of the shut down. I have 2 children and a husband not the father to either ,but even with them I still don't feel I've been loved nor safe like I should have been all them years ago. I to have D.I.D and that alone is so much to deal with on a daily. tiresome for the family because they don't know who or what tomorrow will bring.
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- nikki knapp
- 09-26-24
This is a great insight to foster care
This explains in depth how broken our system is and it gives great insight into the foster care system and how hard it is to be part of but also how rewarding it can be.
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- Dom
- 10-24-20
the longtime care and love of Jodie
it was better than i thought..i didn't think i could read it audible made it easier..
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- Teresa D.
- 12-31-19
Brilliant
I couldn't stop listening! From intense feelings of anger to tears of joy and sorrow this book kept me intrigued the whole way. Anyone in a truama field should read this story. Excellent, vivid story telling that keeps you wanting to hear more.
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- Tiffany
- 04-28-16
This story will absorb you, written by an Angel
This is one you don't put down. A well written, hard story to hear. The narrator is spot on, she absorbs you into her story.
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- Shelly A. Fenoglio
- 09-13-20
Good read, but felt the ending fell off a bit.
Good story....very gripping and heart wrenching. But the ending was a disappointment. Thought it would be a success story, and I was left with lots of questions.
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- Laurie Ann Kriegh
- 07-09-23
Great book!
This story was heartbreaking! This poor child. I hope her dad and grandfather's are locked up indefinitely!
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