Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

Cathy Glass

Jun 2014 · HarperCollins · Narrated by Denica Fairman

About this audiobook

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.

At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass...

As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.

One of Cathy’s earliest and bestselling memoirs, Damaged is a heartbreaking story that proves just how valuable foster carers are for society’s most vulnerable children.

Ratings and reviews

The most heartbreaking story 😥 I honestly had to stop reading a few times from feeling physically sick and shocked. poor poor girl!! it sickens me that this stuff goes on! Cathy you're an amazing person truly. my heart hurts that I can't do something to help these children. the social services really need to get better though!!!

Great book it sure can be a feeling jerker in some chapters hard to put down for too long

the love this foster mum has for this young girl is out of this world.

About the author

Cathy has been a foster carer for over 30 years, during which time she has looked after more than 150 children, of all ages and backgrounds. She has three teenage children of her own; one of whom was adopted after a long-term foster placement. The name Cathy Glass is a pseudonym.