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Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

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Written by: Cathy Glass
Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
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Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way …

Damian is just seven when he is taken in by foster carer Cathy Glass. His mother, Rachel, loves her three young children dearly, but she is vulnerable, naive and unable to cope on her own.

Cathy sets about helping Damian overcome his eating issues, with the hope that he will eventually return home. But when Rachel’s new boyfriend, Troy, arrives on the scene, Cathy becomes deeply concerned. She soon realises that Damian and his siblings are in great danger …

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This feels very like the penultimate chapter in Cathy Glass’s fostering career. The first story, taking up the majority of the book, is not a very interesting one, and lacks a proper denouement as the children go on to a different foster family. Even if compassionately written, it lacks the insight and familiarity that marks the best Glass stories. It is interweaved with Cathy looking in on previous fosters of her and assuring their well-being in a more grandmotherly way, which is a nice evolution of her previous work, but which are repetitious and don’t add much to the narrative other than foreshadowing her stepping back from fostering and concentrating on such post-fostering supports (brilliant thing to do and perfect for Cathy, not very interesting to read).

The narrative is more of a victory lap than a story in itself, though it ends on the short but intriguing case of a young girl who ran away from cult. I do think Cathy has earned such a thing, and it’s no doubt rewarding for people who’ve read her books over the many years.But on its own, I don’t think this is a story I’ll return to.

Cathy winding down

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The story was interesting and it seems Cathy might not have too many more stories to write as she is stepping back to focus on more time with her family.

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