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Title	:	Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child
Author	:	Cathy Glass
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 339 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2007 by Harper Element
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Sociology. Abuse. Psychology

Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

Cathy Glass

Hardcover | Pages: 339 pages

Rating: 4.23 | 15106 Users | 946 Reviews

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Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive, and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last hope is Cathy Glass. At the Social Services office, Cathy (an experienced foster carer) is pressured into taking Jodie as a new placement. Jodie's challenging behaviour has seen off five carers in four months. Despite her reservations, Cathy decides to accept Jodie to protect her from being placed in an institution. Jodie arrives, and her first act is to soil herself, and then wipe it on her face, grinning wickedly. Jodie meets Cathy's teenage children, and greets them with a sharp kick to the shins. That night, Cathy finds Jodie covered in blood, having cut her own wrist, and smeared the blood over her face. As Jodie begins to trust Cathy her behaviour improves. Over time, with childish honesty, she reveals details of her abuse at the hands of her parents and others. It becomes clear that Jodie's parents were involved in a sickening paedophile ring, with neighbours and Social Services not seeing what should have been obvious signs. Unfortunately Jodie becomes increasingly withdrawn, and it's clear she needs psychiatric therapy. Cathy urges the Social Services to provide funding, but instead they decide to take Jodie away from her, and place her in a residential unit. Although the paedophile ring is investigated and brought to justice, Jodie's future is still up in the air. Cathy promises that she will stand by her no matter what -- her love for the abandoned Jodie is unbreakable.

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Original Title:	Damaged
ISBN:	0007236344 (ISBN13: 9780007236343)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Cathy Winter, Jodie

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Ratings: 4.23 From 15106 Users | 946 Reviews

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Though not eloquent, Glass's writing is sensitive and solid. The sheer depth of the experience is the crown of this book. I couldn't put it down. I was desperate to read Glass's conclusion, for better or worse.The chronology is tight and thorough, fulfilling the reader's need for detail. Glass exposes her experience honestly, which allows us to inhabit her home during her tumultuous time with "Jodie," the abused child in her care.On the downside, Glass made it almost too clear her strong

This has got to be one of the most heart breaking stories of abuse I've read. Jodie the 8 year old girl Cathy is fostering is to badly damaged and even Cathy can't break through to her. The level of abuse that Jodie had to endure is just horrendous. Makes you realise what a cruel evil world we live in and for many there is no happy ending.

I picked up this book and couldnt put it down ...it broke my heart reading this book about Jodie and how the system had let her down..... such a sad story

I'm very conflicted by this book. I think the author did a good job writing the story and I found it relatively fast and easy to read. But the content of the story is so disturbing that I also found it very difficult to read. I know these awful things happen, I really don't understand the lack of humanity in some people.My main gripe with this book is that it seemed somewhat exploitative of the child's situation - granted names, dates, places were changed to protect her privacy. But still - why

This book was so easy, yet so hard to read.The writing flows well and isn't too intricate, but the material it covers makes it incredibly hard to read without feeling completely upset or disgusted.This true story follows the life of Jodie, a troubled girl with a terrible past - but is shown through the eyes of her Carer. This, to me, was quite refreshing. When reading books of this nature I have generally only read from the point of view of the child, so this new perspective was very

I read this book pretty quickly as I couldn't put it down. This is a disturbing story to read. I am sometimes asked why I read such "deep" books. I have always had an interest in troubled, needy children/teenagers; the way the brain functions just fascinates me. I always find the books such a wealth of information when dealing with children with difficult pasts. I will say that this story and its details was very difficult for me to read, in relation to this young child and what she has endured.