I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home

I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
Cathy Glass

Cathy Glass, the no.1 bestselling author of Damaged, tells the story of the Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother.Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathy's house. Drug-dependent and mentally ill, but desperate to keep hold of her daughter, Alice's mother snatches her from her parents' house and disappears.Cathy spends three anxious days worrying about her whereabouts before Alice is found safe, but traumatised. Alice is like a little doll, so young and vulnerable, and she immediately finds her place in the heart of Cathy's family. She talks openly about her mummy, who she dearly loves, and how happy she was living with her maternal grandparents before she was put into care. Alice has clearly been very well looked after and Cathy can't understand why she couldn't stay with her grandparents.It emerges that Alice's grandparents are considered too old (they are in their early sixties) and that the plan is that Alice will stay with Cathy for a month before moving to live with her father and his new wife. The grandparents are distraught – Alice has never known her father, and her grandparents claim he is a violent drug dealer.Desperate to help Alice find the happy home she deserves, Cathy's parenting skills are tested in many new ways. Finally questions are asked about Alice's father suitability, and his true colours begin to emerge.

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Contents

Title Page (#uea98581f-14ff-59dc-bb8b-608356fd7b6d)

Copyright (#u43f78481-f666-5d78-9035-4267a14c2e2a)

Chapter One: Desperate (#ue2354eea-7b25-5590-a78d-f7476bbd32a8)

Chapter Two: Am I to Blame? (#u77be1402-8f38-514f-8d8e-da49fc1a22ee)

Chapter Three: Stretched to the Limit (#ua87fe1ae-9fe7-5df4-b837-1348cd9d73a8)

Chapter Four: Normal? (#u11031bc7-78b1-58fd-a80e-9c35822a3710)

Chapter Five: ‘Mummy Things’ (#uf29cba33-8ee7-5449-bf0f-e4c58b23d23d)

Chapter Six: Sleeping with Wolves (#u9e7e8afd-5624-5617-8203-11c9e051b4ef)

Chapter Seven: Accused (#ueb8d69d3-70a6-5b5c-a4e9-0df1d63459aa)

Chapter Eight: When Can I See My Mummy? (#u131c8f17-01ff-585e-b6ad-75a0b1014eeb)

Chapter Nine: Pass the Parcel! (#u0fe9d7cc-5887-538b-b0ef-53cb4fac4e00)

Chapter Ten: Brian the Bear (#ua697c59c-9832-53c4-b183-c42e5796bdc4)

Chapter Eleven: Precious (#uf697e8bc-0bdc-50d9-9bd3-3e45451b095d)

Chapter Twelve: A New Mummy (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: Placement Meeting (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: A Beam of Love (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: A Dreadful Mistake? (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: Breaking the Rules (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: Warm and Cosy Inside (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Bad Practice (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: A Quick Fix (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Nail in the Coffin (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: Kitty-cat (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two: ‘Just One Line’ (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three: Hunger Strike (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four: Rejected (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Five: ‘Icing Sugar’ (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Six: Happy Sand (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Letter (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Judge’s Decision (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Milestone Missed (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty: Torn Apart (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-One: Don’t You Want Me? (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirty-Two: Love from Mummy (#litres_trial_promo)