In her new book Cathy Glass the no 1 bestselling author of Damaged tells the story of the Alice a young & vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother Alice aged four is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathy's house Drug-dependent & mentally ill but desperate to keep hold of her daughter Alice's mother snatches her from her parents' house & disappears Cathy spends three anxious days worrying about her whereabouts before Alice is found safe but traumatised Alice is like a little doll so young & vulnerable & she immediately finds her place in the heart of Cathy's family She talks openly about her mummy who she dearly loves & how happy she was living with her maternal grandparents before she was put into care Alice has clearly been very well looked after & Cathy can't understand why she couldn't stay with her grandparents It emerges that Alice's grandparents are considered too old (they are in their early sixties) & that the plan is that Alice will stay with Cathy for a month before moving to live with her father & his new wife The grandparents are distraught
- Alice has never known her father & her grandparents claim he is a violent drug dealer Desperate to help Alice find the happy home she deserves Cathy's parenting skills are tested in many new ways Finally questions are asked about Alice's father suitability & his true colours begin to emerge