Cathy Glass

Cathy Glass is the author of "Damaged." In the book she writes about her experience as a foster carer for a very disturbed and damaged little girl named Jodie. Cathy was divorced and had two children, Adrian, 16, and Paula, 13. Sixteen-year-old Lucy was a foster child who had lived with the family for two years and was a member of the family. Cathy loved Lucy as her own. Cathy had been a foster parent for twenty years and had many successes.

When she was asked if she would consider taking on a little seven-year-old girl named Jodie, Cathy was interested. She had the time and the energy to bring another child into the house. She loved caring for these unwanted children and putting them on a better path in life. Cathy was warned that although the little girl had only been in the system for four months, she...