A Life Lost: Part 3 of 3. Cathy Glass

      

Copyright

      Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008436612

      Ebook Edition © February 2021 ISBN: 9780008436667

      Version: 2021-12-09

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      Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Note to Readers

      5  Contents

      6  Chapter Twenty: A Worrying Wait

      7 Chapter Twenty-One: The Reason I Foster

      8  Chapter Twenty-Two: Life After

      9  Chapter Twenty-Three: Two Children, Different Needs

      10  Chapter Twenty-Four: Because I Didn’t Tell …

      11  Chapter Twenty-Five: Another Hurdle Overcome

      12  Chapter Twenty-Six: Incident

      13  Chapter Twenty-Seven: Connor

      14  Chapter Twenty-Eight: Going Home

      15  Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Life Lost

      16  Suggested topics for reading-group discussion

      17  Cathy Glass

      18  Moving Memoirs

      19  Praise for Cathy Glass

      20  About the Publisher

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