Cathy Glass - Nobody’s Son - Part 1 of 3 - All Alex ever wanted was a family of his own

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Born in a prison and removed from his drug-dependent mother, rejection is all that 7-year-old Alex knows.When Cathy is asked to foster little Alex, aged 7, her immediate reaction is: Why can’t he stay with his present carers for the last month? He’s already had many moves since coming into care as a toddler and he’ll only be with her a short while before he goes to live with his permanent adoptive family. But the present carers are expecting a baby and the foster mother isn’t coping, so Alex goes to live with Cathy.He settles easily and is very much looking forward to having a forever family of his own. The introductions and move to his adoptive family go well. But Alex is only with them for a week when problems begin. What happens next is both shocking and upsetting, and calls into question the whole adoption process.

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Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Prologue Chapter One: A New Year, a New Child Chapter Two: Unsettled Early Life Chapter Three: Alex’s Parents Chapter Four: A Joyful Meeting Chapter Five: A Positive Start Chapter Six: Alex Meets His Parents Chapter Seven: Meeting James Moving Memoirs eNewsletter About the Publisher

Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Prologue Chapter One: A New Year, a New Child Chapter Two: Unsettled Early Life Chapter Three: Alex’s Parents Chapter Four: A Joyful Meeting Chapter Five: A Positive Start Chapter Six: Alex Meets His Parents Chapter Seven: Meeting James Moving Memoirs eNewsletter About the Publisher

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

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HarperElement

An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk

First published by HarperElement 2017

FIRST EDITION

© Cathy Glass 2017

Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2017

Cover photograph © Deborah Pendell/Arcangel Images (boy, posed by model); Shutterstock.com (background)

A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library

Cathy Glass asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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Title Page Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Prologue Chapter One: A New Year, a New Child Chapter Two: Unsettled Early Life Chapter Three: Alex’s Parents Chapter Four: A Joyful Meeting Chapter Five: A Positive Start Chapter Six: Alex Meets His Parents Chapter Seven: Meeting James Moving Memoirs eNewsletter About the Publisher

Copyright Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Prologue Chapter One: A New Year, a New Child Chapter Two: Unsettled Early Life Chapter Three: Alex’s Parents Chapter Four: A Joyful Meeting Chapter Five: A Positive Start Chapter Six: Alex Meets His Parents Chapter Seven: Meeting James Moving Memoirs eNewsletter About the Publisher Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy. HarperElement An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published by HarperElement 2017 FIRST EDITION © Cathy Glass 2017 Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2017 Cover photograph © Deborah Pendell/Arcangel Images (boy, posed by model); Shutterstock.com (background) A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library Cathy Glass asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at www.harpercollins.co.uk/green Source ISBN: 9780008187569 Ebook Edition © February 2017 ISBN: 9780008187590 Version: 2017-01-09

Acknowledgements Acknowledgements A big thank you to my family; my editors, Carolyn and Holly; my literary agent, Andrew; my UK publishers, HarperCollins, and my overseas publishers, who are now too numerous to list by name. Last, but definitely not least, a big thank you to my readers for your unfailing support and kind words.

Prologue Prologue We immediately fell silent as the noise sounded again. The children stared at me anxiously before our eyes went towards the curtains drawn across the patio doors. It was cold and dark outside, but something was out there scratching and trying to get in. Not our cat; she was asleep by the warm radiator, and it didn’t sound like a cat anyway. I stood and gingerly crossed the room, my heart pounding and my senses on full alert. There were just the children and me in the house, and I tried to hide my fear from them as I eased one curtain aside and peered into the dark. Nothing. Whatever it was had vanished again like a phantom into the night.

Chapter One: A New Year, a New Child

Chapter Two: Unsettled Early Life

Chapter Three: Alex’s Parents

Chapter Four: A Joyful Meeting

Chapter Five: A Positive Start

Chapter Six: Alex Meets His Parents

Chapter Seven: Meeting James

Moving Memoirs eNewsletter

About the Publisher

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to my family; my editors, Carolyn and Holly; my literary agent, Andrew; my UK publishers, HarperCollins, and my overseas publishers, who are now too numerous to list by name. Last, but definitely not least, a big thank you to my readers for your unfailing support and kind words.

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We immediately fell silent as the noise sounded again. The children stared at me anxiously before our eyes went towards the curtains drawn across the patio doors. It was cold and dark outside, but something was out there scratching and trying to get in. Not our cat; she was asleep by the warm radiator, and it didn’t sound like a cat anyway. I stood and gingerly crossed the room, my heart pounding and my senses on full alert. There were just the children and me in the house, and I tried to hide my fear from them as I eased one curtain aside and peered into the dark. Nothing. Whatever it was had vanished again like a phantom into the night.

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