Mummy's Little Helper - The heartrending true story of a young girl secretly caring for her

Informationen zum Autor Casey Watson, who writes under a pseudonym, is a specialist foster carer. She and her husband, Mike, look after children who are particularly troubled or damaged by their past. Before becoming a foster carer Casey was a behaviour manager for her local comprehensive school. It was through working with these ‘difficult’ children – removed from mainstream classes for various reasons – that the idea for her future career was born. Casey is married with two children and three grandchildren. Klappentext The fifth book from bestselling author and specialist foster carer Casey Watson. A recent census shows that there are at least 175,000 child carers in the UK, 13,000 of whom care for more than 50 hours a week. Many remain invisible to a system that would otherwise help them. Abigail is one of those children. This is her story. Zusammenfassung The fifth book from bestselling author and specialist foster carer Casey Watson. A recent census shows that there are at least 175!000 child carers in the UK! 13!000 of whom care for more than 50 hours a week. Many remain invisible to a system that would otherwise help them. Abigail is one of those children. This is her story.

Product details

• Authors: Casey Watson, Watson Casey
• Publisher: Element Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9780007479597
• ISBN: 978-0-00-747959-7
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, Adoption & fostering, Adoption and fostering, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs