Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child on + 291 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Difficult to read, not because of the writing, but because of the content matter. Nonetheless, this should be required reading for foster carers, and social workers alike. My heart breaks for the little girl in the story, and hope that she was able to find some peace.
Helpful Score: 5
As a foster mom myself, it was very interesting to read about other people in the foster care system and the issues they deal with. I commend Cathy Glass for her dedication and commitment to this little girl. This was a great read; very informative and reveals the sad state of the child services system.
Michelle S. (reader4ever) reviewed Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child on + 20 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Although Cathy Glass is a foster parent in the U.K. you can still understand this authors' stories. Some words she uses you have to read between the lines and use the surrounding text to realize what they mean. The story line itself is well written. All of her stories are sad & sometimes disturbing, but are hard to put down. These are must reads because we as humanity need to understand that there are children who are going through horrors that no human should have to endure let alone helpless children. Then they are expected to carry on a productive life without any repercussions?
Christy L. (Cricky) reviewed Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child on + 106 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
There aren't enough words to describe the utterly appalling feeling I got while reading about this poor little girl, she suffered so much and her outlook in her future is so tarnished. I read this so fast that I don't remember two days going by - I couldn't put it down. Cathy Glass is definitely a saint for all she went through with Jodie - phenomenally written and yet such a depressing story. There are so many sick people in this world, but the people in this story take the cake.
Yvonne L. (luvbatista) reviewed Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book was really good and it made me mad to hear what a life that this poor child has had. She was lucky to have found someone like Cathy to help her and take care of her when she needed it most. We need more people in the world like Cathy!!