Cruel to Be Kind: Saying no can save a child’s life
Saying no can save a child’s life
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Narrateur(s):
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DeNica Fairman
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Auteur(s):
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Cathy Glass
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Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.
Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. 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.
Loved it.
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Another wonderful book by Cathy!
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Max may be a pseudonym, but it’s a sadly well-chosen one for the boy at the center of this book. He’s a boy experiencing a very particular kind of abuse - one not done with intent, but out of ignorance. Despite his corpulence, Max is clearly a wonderful child, and one who’s stuck with me. I know you shouldn’t pick favourites, but he’s one of mine.
Some of Glass’ usually frustrating writing problems are here - her tendency to repeat everything constantly, to proselytize from the pulpit about her beliefs about child rearing and health (not just as herself, but puppeting other characters in the story to repeat her words over and over to grant them even more authority) - but it’s not as bad as other books, which seem to assume you have severe brain damage with their amount of constant recapping. There’s actually some nice writing here and there, good turns of phrase, and most importantly, the shine of humanity emanating from just about every character who lingers in the pages. There’s some keen observation and rueful tragedy that Glass illuminates, often very loudly, but occasionally with a touch of subtlety. Danica Fairman also brings a lot to the performance - what at first could seem gross caricatures soon become heartbreaking and real, and the caricature revealed to be put-on shell that the real person needed to construct to survive.
Some of the best of Glass
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