Cathy Glass - A Life Lost - Part 3 of 3

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 Landmarks Cover FrontmatterBackmatter List of Pages v vi 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308 309

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1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Note to Readers

5 Contents 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 Landmarks Cover FrontmatterBackmatter List of Pages v vi 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308 309

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

Landmarks Cover FrontmatterBackmatter

List of Pages v 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 Landmarks Cover FrontmatterBackmatter List of Pages v vi 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308 309 vi 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308 309