A Baby’s Cry

A Baby’s Cry
Cathy Glass

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only concern is if she will remember how to look after a baby. But upon collecting Harrison from the hospital, Cathy realises she has more to worry than she thought when she discovers that his background is shrouded in secrecy.She isn’t told why Harrison is in foster care and his social worker says only a few are aware of his very existence, and if his whereabouts became known his life, and that of his parents, could be in danger. Cathy tries to put her worries aside as she looks after Harrison, a beautiful baby, who is alert and engaging. Cathy and her children quickly bond with Harrison although they know that, inevitably, he will eventually be adopted.But when a woman Cathy doesn’t know starts appearing in the street outside her house acting suspiciously, Cathy fears for her own family’s safety and demands some answers from Harrison’s social worker. The social worker tells Cathy a little but what she says is very disturbing . How is this woman connected to Harrison and can she answer the questions that will affect Harrison’s whole life?

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ISBN: 9780007442638

Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007445707

Version 2018-11-05

Dedication

To Dad with love

Contents

Title Page (#uc43d0c22-ec25-5e2e-ba2b-f84ceee359a4)

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

Chapter One

Secretive

Chapter Two

Helping

Chapter Three

Alone in the World

Chapter Four

Bonding

Chapter Five

The Case

Chapter Six

The Mystery Deepens

Chapter Seven

Abandoned

Chapter Eight

Stranger at the Door

Chapter Nine

Section 20

Chapter Ten

Shut in a Cupboard

Chapter Eleven

Ellie

Chapter Twelve

A Demon Exorcized

Chapter Thirteen

Pure Evil