A Family Friend - There was only one man Sammy could turn to...

The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson Teenage Sammy has been in care from the age of nine. His mother has tragically spent much of his young life in and out of prison. Sammy has never found a safe haven and has been passed from pillar to post. When he arrives with Casey Watson, he is a closed book, but he slowly begins to open up. Casey realises that he has nobody in his life who he counts as family apart from a neighbour, ''Uncle Kenny''. Sammy dotes on Kenny, even running away to be with him but having come across similar relationships before, alarm bells star to ring for Casey...

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Casey Watson, Watson Casey
• Publisher: Element Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9780008641726
• ISBN: 978-0-00-864172-6
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Adoption, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse, Sexual abuse & harassment, Adoption & fostering, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of survival of abuse & injustice, Sexual abuse and harassment, Adoption and fostering, Child abuse, Adoption & fostering: advice & issues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs