A Life Lost: Part 3 of 3

Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy.

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Source ISBN: 9780008436612

Ebook Edition © February 2021 ISBN: 9780008436667

Version: 2021-12-09

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Contents

1  Cover

2  Title Page

3  Copyright

4  Note to Readers

5  Contents

6  Chapter Twenty: A Worrying Wait

7 Chapter Twenty-One: The Reason I Foster

8  Chapter Twenty-Two: Life After

9  Chapter Twenty-Three: Two Children, Different Needs

10  Chapter Twenty-Four: Because I Didn’t Tell …

11  Chapter Twenty-Five: Another Hurdle Overcome

12  Chapter Twenty-Six: Incident

13  Chapter Twenty-Seven: Connor

14  Chapter Twenty-Eight: Going Home

15  Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Life Lost

16  Suggested topics for reading-group discussion

17  Cathy Glass

18  Moving Memoirs

19  Praise for Cathy Glass

20  About the Publisher

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