The Boy No One Loved: A Heartbreaking True Story of Abuse, Abandonment and Betrayal

Casey Watson

Oct 2011 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

Sunday Times bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson’s first heartbreaking memoir.

Justin was five years old; his brothers two and three. Their mother, a heroin addict, had left them alone again. Later that day, after trying to burn down the family home, Justin was taken into care.

Justin was taken into care at the age of five after deliberately burning down his family home. Six years on, after 20 failed placements, Justin arrives at Casey’s home. Casey and her husband Mike are specialist foster carers. They practice a new style of foster care that focuses on modifying the behaviour of profoundly damaged children. They are Justin’s last hope, and it quickly becomes clear that they are facing a big challenge.

Try as they might to make him welcome, he seems determined to strip his life of all the comforts they bring him, violently lashing out at schoolmates and family and throwing any affection they offer him back in their faces. After a childhood filled with hurt and rejection, Justin simply doesn’t want to know. But, as it soon emerges, this is only the tip of a chilling iceberg.

A visit to Justin’s mother on Boxing Day reveals that there are some very dark underlying problems that Justin has never spoken about. As the full picture becomes clearer, and the horrific truth of Justin’s early life is revealed, Casey and her family finally start to understand the pain he has suffered...

Includes a sample chapter of Crying for Help.

Ratings and reviews

I am so angry at this foster carer for looking at his personal things ie photos etc. She should feel ashamed of herself for being nosy. Don't get me wrong I am enjoying the story, but I guess I just have my own ideas about foster carers... so hope it has a good ending.

Not very well written. Author attempts too often to end a chapter with the suggestion of an intense drama about to unfold but there is no real follow through. This is the second book I have read by her, and they read basically the same way, just a different kid. Pet peeve : calling everyone "love" repeatedly

The prolge got me hooked! My other phone and email address were hacked due to a, Password leak. So I only got to read a short amount. In sure I'll be able to get it back to read it all. I'm sure I'll love the book by the end.

About the author

Casey Watson is a specialist foster carer. She has been working in this field for eleven years after giving up her position as a behaviour manager for a local school. During this time she has welcomed 14 difficult to place children into her home.

As a specialist foster carer she works with profoundly damaged children, seeing each child through a specific behavioural modification programme, at the end of which they will hopefully be in the position to be returned either back to their family or into mainstream foster care.

Casey combines fostering with writing, usually late at night when the rest of the family is sleeping. Casey is married with two grown-up children and three grandchildren. The name Casey Watson is a pseudonym.