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Cathy Glass

An exclusive FREE extended eBook sampler of million copy bestselling author Cathy Glass’s memoir about the first girl Cathy ever fostered, Dawn.A seemingly well-balanced girl, Dawn’s outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her.The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Damaged tells the story of the Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well balanced girl, Dawn’s outward appearance masked a traumatic childhood so awful, that even she could not remember it.During the first night, Cathy awoke to see Dawn looming above Cathy’s baby’s cot, her eyes staring and blank. She sleepwalks – which Cathy learns is often a manifestation in disturbed children. It becomes a regular and frightening occurrence, and Cathy is horrified to find Dawn lighting a match whilst mumbling it’s not my fault in her sleep one night.Cathy discovers Dawn is playing truant from school, and struggling to make friends. More worryingly she finds her room empty one night, and her pillow covered in blood. Dawn has been self-harming in order to release the pain of her past.When Dawn attempts suicide, Cathy realises that she needs more help than she can give. Dawn’s mother eventually confides in her that Dawn was sent away to live with relatives in Ireland between the ages of 5 and 9, and Cathy soon realises that the horrors Dawn was exposed to during this time have left her a very disturbed little girl.

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Source ISBN: 9780007280971

Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2014 ISBN: 9780008131920

Version: 2014-12-15

Contents

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Title Page (#ua9dfe095-2FFF-11e9-bcb1-0cc47a5203ba)

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Chapter One: In the Beginning (#ua9dfe095-6FFF-11e9-bcb1-0cc47a5203ba)

Chapter Two: False Sense of Security (#ua9dfe095-7FFF-11e9-bcb1-0cc47a5203ba)

Chapter Three: Stranger in the Room (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Four: Apparition (#litres_trial_promo)

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About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Cathy Glass (#ua9dfe095-4FFF-11e9-bcb1-0cc47a5203ba)

Damaged

Hidden

Cut

The Saddest Girl in the World

Happy Kids

The Girl in the Mirror

I Miss Mummy

Mummy Told Me Not to Tell

My Dad’s a Policeman (a Quick Reads novel)

Run, Mummy, Run

The Night the Angels Came

Happy Adults

A Baby’s Cry