Cruel to Be Kind: Part 2 of 3: Saying no can save a child’s life
Cathy Glass
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.
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Contents
Cover (#u8a09b52f-28f7-51a6-98ea-f95d36470aa8)
Title Page (#u49db3d97-cb8c-588a-84fd-b2e8e45c5e5f)
Copyright (#u389654ac-3f97-50da-878d-c556d7553f49)
Chapter Nine: Act of Defiance (#u1e94f4d6-b16f-5358-a3cb-8222897e38b6)
Chapter Ten: An Ally (#u82879822-56df-523b-b64a-63a174a8537f)
Chapter Eleven: Stressed (#u985a1062-3bb3-5bf1-8b86-dd7e5394c871)
Chapter Twelve: Vulnerable (#ud34220b7-4ce8-5f57-a2b6-37e2f6e1d8c5)
Chapter Thirteen: Dan (#ucff4a659-cd9b-53cd-a4c8-171e0a151d9b)
Chapter Fourteen: First Review (#u06975bbf-4bae-57d4-9311-0c6b58aa8944)
Chapter Fifteen: Meetings (#u08eaabad-5922-5219-8e3d-ddbd8a893b17)
Chapter Sixteen: Strange, the Way Things Turn Out (#u487bd9b0-2f00-5dda-9a40-8b95ebefff5f)
Moving Memoirs eNewsletter (#u558037de-1b5d-568b-99fa-d487893e2a84)
About the Publisher (#uff38e095-95e8-529e-ad2c-695793d4d46f)
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