A Long Way from Home

Author: Cathy Glass

Read by: Denica Fairman

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Digital Audiobook

Duration
08:30.17

Published: 22nd February 2018

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The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage.

Elaine and Ian had travelled half way round the world to adopt little Anna. She couldn't have been more wanted, loved and cherished. So why was she now in foster care and living with me? It didn't make sense.

Until I learned what had happened. ...

Dressed only in nappies and ragged T-shirts the children were incarcerated in their cots. Their large eyes stared out blankly from emaciated faces. Some were obviously disabled, others not, but all were badly undernourished. Flies circled around the broken ceiling fans and buzzed against the grids covering the windows. The only toys were a few balls and a handful of building bricks, but no child played with them. The silence was deafening and unnatural. Not one of the thirty or so infants cried, let alone spoke.

In this bestselling book, Cathy Glass, a top author in the genre of biography, explores the profound impact of social conditions on family relationships. A Long Way From Home is a Sunday Times bestseller that offers a heart-rending glimpse into the life of a child caught in the crossfire of neglect and love.

For fans of Maggie Hartley (Battered, Broken, Healed), Linda Watson-Brown (Don't Say A Word), Kat Ward (KERI 2), Veronica Clark (Snatched), and Torey L. Hayden (The Invisible Girl).