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'''Cathy Glass''' is a British writer of [[non-fiction]] and '[[Inspirational fiction|inspirational']] fiction. Cathy has written [[Biography|memoirs]] about the children she has fostered, many of whom had suffered [[Child abuse|abuse]]. |
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'''Cathy Glass''' is a British author, [[freelancer|freelance]] writer and [[foster care]]r. |
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She has published 28 memoirs based on her experiences.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2490042.ece | title = Top 10 paperbacks: non-fiction | work = The Sunday Times | publisher = Times online | date = 3 May 2009 | access-date = 27 February 2011 | location = London | archive-date = 16 May 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090516014544/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2490042.ece | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4597342.ece | title = Top 10 non-fiction hardbacks | work = The Sunday Times | publisher = Times online | date = 17 August 2008 | access-date = 27 February 2011 | location = London | archive-date = 18 August 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220818024725/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> |
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Her work is strongly identified with both the [[Non-fiction|True Life Stories]] and [[Inspirational fiction|Inspirational Memoirs]] genres. Glass has also written a [[parenting]] guide to bringing up children, ''Happy Kids'', a guide to feeding children healthily, ''Happy Mealtimes'', a general wellness guide, ''Happy Adults'', a writing guide, ''About Writing and How to Publish'', and three novels based on a true nmo{{huh|date=July 2022}} |
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Glass has been a foster carer for 25 years, during which time she has fostered more than 100 children.{{cn|date=May 2020}} Her fostering [[Biography|memoirs]] tell the stories of some of the children who came in to her care, many of whom had suffered [[Child abuse|abuse]]. |
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The first title, ''Damaged'', was number one in the ''Sunday Times'' best-sellers charts in hardback and paperback.<ref name= times1>{{cite news| url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1417325.ece | location=London | work= The Times | title= General hardbacks | date=25 February 2007}}</ref><ref name=times2>{{cite news| url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2307436.ece | location=London | work= The Times | title= Paperbacks general | date=26 August 2007}}</ref> She has now published 28 memoirs based on her experiences as a foster carer; each of these has reached the top ten in the non-fiction best-seller charts in The Times.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2490042.ece|title=Top 10 paperbacks: non-fiction | work = The Sunday Times |publisher= Times online | date=3 May 2009 | accessdate = 27 February 2011 | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4597342.ece | title= Top 10 non-fiction hardbacks | work = The Sunday Times | publisher = Times online |date=17 August 2008 |accessdate=27 February 2011 | location = London}}</ref> |
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== Fostering and parenting expertise == |
== Fostering and parenting expertise == |
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Glass used to work for as a [[Civil Servant|civil servant]] but left to start a family. The author decided to foster a child after trying unsuccessfully for a baby with her husband; she had seen an advert in her local paper seeking a foster home for a girl and applied as a foster carer. <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/healthy-living/fostering-adults-of-all-ages-have-something-to-offer-children-in-their-care-1976462.html |title=Fostering: Adults of all ages have something to offer children in their care |department=Healthy Living, Health & Families |newspaper=The Independent |date=20 May 2010 |accessdate=16 June 2010 |location=London |first=Kate |last=Hilpern |archive-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523052125/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/healthy-living/fostering-adults-of-all-ages-have-something-to-offer-children-in-their-care-1976462.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In 2010, Glass released ''Happy Kids: The secret to raising well-behaved, contented children'', based on her own child-rearing experiences. It introduces the reader to Glass's own "3 Rs technique": Request, Repeat, Reassure.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8543000/8543405.stm |title = Discipline tips from Gloucestershire author Cathy Glass |publisher=BBC | work = News |date=1 March 2010 |accessdate = 16 June 2010}}</ref> |
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== Writing career == |
== Writing career == |
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| ⚫ | Before the release of her first title she had written on health and social issues for ''[[The Guardian]]'' and the ''[[Evening Standard]]''. Glass's first book, ''Damaged'' was released by HarperCollins in 2007. It focuses on the relationship between Glass and an abused child under her care.<ref>{{cite web | first = Janet | last = Snell | url = http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/09/05/105682/cathy-glass-author-of-hidden-talks-about-childrens-services.htm | title = Cathy Glass: author of Hidden talks about children's services | date = 5 September 2007 | publisher = Community Care | accessdate = 16 June 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101203083205/http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2007/09/05/105682/cathy-glass-author-of-hidden-talks-about-childrens-services.htm | archivedate = 3 December 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> |
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Glass combines fostering with occasional freelance journalism and commercial writing. Before the release of ''Damaged'' she had written on health and social issues for ''[[The Guardian]]'' and the ''[[Evening Standard]]''. |
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| ⚫ | Glass's first book, ''Damaged'' was released by HarperCollins in 2007. It focuses on the relationship between Glass and |
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Cathy has published 25 fostering memoirs now: {{Citation | title = Damaged | year = 2007}}, {{Citation | title = Hidden | year = 2008}}, {{Citation | title = Cut | year = 2009}}, {{Citation | title = The Saddest Girl in the World | year = 2009}}, {{Citation | title = I Miss Mummy | year = 2010}}, {{Citation | title = Mummy Told Me Not to Tell | year = 2010}}, {{Citation | title = The Night the Angels Came | year = 2011}}, {{Citation | title = A Baby's Cry | year = 2012}}, {{Citation | title = Another Forgotten Child | year = 2012}}, {{Citation | title = Please Don't Take My Baby | year = 2013}}, {{Citation | title = Will you Love Me | year = 2013}}, {{Citation | title = Daddy's Little Princess | year = March 2014}}, {{Citation | title = The Child Bride | year = September 2014}}, {{Citation | title = Saving Danny | year = March 2015}}, {{Citation | title = Girl Alone | year = September 2015}}, {{Citation | title = The Silent Cry | year = February 2016}}, {{Citation | title = Can I Let You Go? | year = September 2016}}, {{Citation | title = Nobody's Son | year = February 2017}}, {{Citation | title = Cruel to Be Kind | year = September 2017}}, {{Citation | title = A Long Way From Home | year = February 2018}}, {{Citation | title = Where has Mummy Gone? | year = September 2018}}, {{Citation | title = Finding Stevie | year = February 2019}}, {{Citation | title = Innocent | year = September 2019}}, {{Citation | title = Too Scared To Tell | year = February 2020}}, {{Citation | title = A Terrible Secret | year = September 2020}}, {{Citation | title = A Life Lost | year = February 2021}}, {{Citation | title = An Innocent Baby | year = September 2021}}. |
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| ⚫ | Her fostering memoir, ''Will You Love Me?'' |
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== Popularity and critical appraisal == |
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Glass's first book ''Damaged'' was a number 1 Sunday Times best-seller, both in hardback<ref name=times1/> and paperback.<ref name=times2 /> |
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Although her books deals with harrowing subjects, ''Guardian'' journalist Esther Addley noted that Glass's work offers "a certain amount of hope".<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news |first=Esther |last=Addley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/15/childrensservices.biography |title=The rise of 'misery lit' |department=Society |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 June 2007 |accessdate=16 June 2010 |location=London}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Her fostering memoir, ''Will You Love Me?,'' published in September 2013.<ref name="cathyglass.co.uk">{{Citation | url = http://cathyglass.co.uk/lucy_update.html | title = Lucy update | last = Glass | first = Cathy | place = UK | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061145/http://cathyglass.co.uk/lucy_update.html | archivedate = 23 October 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> tells the story of her adopted daughter.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://cathyglass.co.uk/love_me.html | title = Love me | last = Glass | first = Cathy | place = UK | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060412/http://cathyglass.co.uk/love_me.html | archivedate = 23 October 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> ' |
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In September 2013, Glass and her adopted daughter did an interview with the Daily Mirror, speaking openly for the first time about their relationship. Glass received a large number of letters and emails from readers in response.<ref>{{cite news |first=Emily |last=Retter |department=Real life stories |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/cathy-glass-new-book-you-2267971 |title=Best-selling author Cathy Glass' new book based on moving real-life story of adopted daughter |date=12 September 2013 |newspaper=The Mirror |place=UK}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 26 September 2024
Cathy Glass | |
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| Occupation | Author, writer, foster carer |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Inspirational memoirs, fiction |
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Cathy Glass is a British writer of non-fiction and 'inspirational' fiction. Cathy has written memoirs about the children she has fostered, many of whom had suffered abuse.
She has published 28 memoirs based on her experiences.[1][2]
The name "Cathy Glass" is a pseudonym. The author writes under a pen name due to the sensitive nature of her source material. The names of the children she writes about are likewise altered.[citation needed]
Fostering and parenting expertise
[edit]Glass used to work for as a civil servant but left to start a family. The author decided to foster a child after trying unsuccessfully for a baby with her husband; she had seen an advert in her local paper seeking a foster home for a girl and applied as a foster carer. [3]
Writing career
[edit]Before the release of her first title she had written on health and social issues for The Guardian and the Evening Standard. Glass's first book, Damaged was released by HarperCollins in 2007. It focuses on the relationship between Glass and an abused child under her care.[4]
Her fostering memoir, Will You Love Me?, published in September 2013.[5] tells the story of her adopted daughter.[6] ' The books "Nobody's Son", "Cruel to Be Kind" and "A Long Way From Home" are all set before Glass adopted her daughter; although were released after her book "Will you Love Me?" which tells her daughter's story. Her latest book An Innocent Baby was released on 16 September 2021 telling the story of Darcey-May and Haylea and "Neglected" was released on 17 February 2022. "A family torn apart" was released in September 2022.
References
[edit]- ^ "Top 10 paperbacks: non-fiction". The Sunday Times. London: Times online. 3 May 2009. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Top 10 non-fiction hardbacks". The Sunday Times. London: Times online. 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ Hilpern, Kate (20 May 2010). "Fostering: Adults of all ages have something to offer children in their care". Healthy Living, Health & Families. The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ Snell, Janet (5 September 2007). "Cathy Glass: author of Hidden talks about children's services". Community Care. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ Glass, Cathy, Lucy update, UK, archived from the original on 23 October 2013
- ^ Glass, Cathy, Love me, UK, archived from the original on 23 October 2013
