You can’t really fault them for that now, can you? After going through all of the legal documentation, dotting their I’s and crossing their T’s, the couple chose to adopt outside of the UK. Unfortunately, this story is one of them.Įlaine and Ian were a couple who were determined to have a family of their own. Whilst Cathy Glass does state multiple times throughout that adoption is fantastic, and how many adoptions are completed with no issues whatsoever, there are situations where adoption becomes the polar opposite to what you had originally thought. If you think that you’re going to be reading a novel that tells you what you want to hear when it comes to adoption – think again. Just like every other Cathy Glass novel, what is written is a true story with all of the important details (names, places etc) changed to protect the identity of those involved. Knowing Cathy has a positive impact in the lives of the children she looks after makes me love the memoirs even more. It was an amazing ending where she got back in touch and got to see her 7 years later, along with the adoptive parents. The impacts and outcomes from different moments in Anna’s life as well as the behaviour were insightful.Īccepting when help is needed and sometimes the decisions you make and the things you do are not always the best but using them as a tool to grow and learn. There are definitely moving moments within where Anna was moved from Cathy and she accepted a hug and cried a tear. The inclusion of important factors such as the adoption, RAD and the decisions made by both parents and the social care system. ![]() The book seemed to be more about the adoption than the fostering experience. This one being a little different from others, whereby you get to know child’s (Anastasia/Anna) back story and history at the beginning rather than as Cathy finds out. The thoughts that span from the usual memoirs which focus mainly on the fostering (feelings,thoughts, experience ect) being from herself, the young person she is looking after and the support workers-Jill and social workers (with maybe minimal input of people close to the young person- parents/teachers). Don’t get me wrong this in now way has changed my love for the Cathy Glass memoirs in anyway. I have read many books by Cathy and extremely rarely have I ever given less than 5*. ![]() However, this does not take away from the rest of the story, and is a book I'd recommend to anyone that is interested in learning more about the possible difficulties you may be faced with after adopting a child. The only criticism I have is that there were quite a few grammatical and spelling errors throughout, and repetitiveness that, at times, ruined the natural flow of Cathy Glass's writing style that I have grown to love. It was extremely touching to learn about why she had acted that way and watch as Glass' own experiences of the behavioural differences aided in the attachment development of the child. The backgrounds were different in the book and from what I experienced personally, but I could recognise a lot of her behaviours in the ones I had experienced through the individual suffering from the disorder in my personal life. But this was a let down for me (Part1)Īs someone who has done my own extensive research about attachment disorder in a formal learning environment, and someone who has experienced attachment disorder first hand in the past, it was an extremely educational read. ![]() I've loved every book by Cathy and own then all, I highly recommend them. ![]() This book was a Gift, and one I'm grateful for, but personally if I had brought this myself I wouldn't have carried on past pages 54/55 Part 2 much more enjoyable yet not enough of it, not enough of Anna, her life with the adopted parents or her feelings etc. Part 1 was pointless, not needed, and boring. I wish there had been more Talk on the Life Anna has in England, that part was missed out.as part one was all about finding her, and bringing her home.then we suddenly miss 2 years of her life □Īnd you'll find in Part 2 Anna's adopted mum give a brief summary of what her and her husband went through in order to adopt and bring Anna home.and so I found that pointless considering we had already read all that in Part 1. It also didn't feel like I was reading a Cathy Glass Book.It was if she teamed up with another Author.I don't know, it was different, not what I expected and didn't enjoy it. Part 1 I was bored of, I didn't feel it needed to be in the book. So I love Cathy Glass.I own all her books, aswell as have read them all too.
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