A Baby’s Cry

· Sold by HarperCollins UK
4.5
277 reviews
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What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.

When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only concern is if she will remember how to look after a baby. But upon collecting Harrison from the hospital, Cathy realises she has more to worry than she thought when she discovers that his background is shrouded in secrecy.

She isn’t told why Harrison is in foster care and his social worker says only a few are aware of his very existence, and if his whereabouts became known his life, and that of his parents, could be in danger. Cathy tries to put her worries aside as she looks after Harrison, a beautiful baby, who is alert and engaging. Cathy and her children quickly bond with Harrison although they know that, inevitably, he will eventually be adopted.

But when a woman Cathy doesn’t know starts appearing in the street outside her house acting suspiciously, Cathy fears for her own family’s safety and demands some answers from Harrison’s social worker. The social worker tells Cathy a little but what she says is very disturbing . How is this woman connected to Harrison and can she answer the questions that will affect Harrison’s whole life?

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4.5
277 reviews
DB Pierce
February 10, 2017
Please DELETE the review posted by KELSEY WALKER. Reviews are not supposed to reveal a significant part of the ending. I'm sure I am not the only person who will choose NOT TO READ THIS BOOK having read a review which included so much information about the ending. Also, Angelic Monroe (?) gave no details but stated a it has a happy ending. Better, but still TMI. REVIEWERS, PLEASE LET OTHER READERS HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE YOU ENJOYED. Giving away anything about the ending is extremely rude.
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Supol Somchan
January 12, 2023
What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.
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A Google user
July 30, 2012
Really poorly written. Actually quite a basic story dragged out to fill a book with irrelevant and tedious details. Have previously enjoyed Cathy Glass books, but the style in which this story is told makes it incredibly boring.
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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.

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