The Saddest Girl in the World
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The Saddest Girl in the World
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Narrated by:
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Denica Fairman
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By:
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Cathy Glass
About this listen
The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged ten, having been abused, victimised and rejected by her family.
Donna had been in foster care with her two young brothers for three weeks when she is abruptly moved to Cathy’s. When Donna arrives she is silent, withdrawn and walks with her shoulders hunched forward and her head down. Donna is clearly a very haunted child and refuses to interact with Cathy’s children Adrian and Paula.
After patience and encouragement from Cathy, Donna slowly starts to talk and tells Cathy that she blames herself for her and her brothers being placed in care. The social services were aware that Donna and her brothers had been neglected by their alcoholic mother, but no one realised the extent of the abuse they were forced to suffer. The truth of the physical torment she was put through slowly emerges, and as Donna grows to trust Cathy she tells her how her mother used to make her wash herself with wire wool so that she could get rid of her skin colour as her mother was so ashamed that Donna was mixed race.
The psychological wounds caused by the bullying she received also start to resurface when Donna starts reenacting the ways she was treated at home by hitting and bullying Paula, so much so that Cathy can’t let Donna out of her sight.
As the pressure begins to mount on Cathy to help this child, things start to get worse and Donna begins behaving in erratic ways, trashing her bedroom and being regularly abusive towards Cathy’s children. Cathy begins to wonder if she can find a way to help this child or if Donna’s scars run too deep.
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- Sarah Lowe
- 20-09-21
emotional
very emotional story that was performed amazingly by the reader highly recommend. had my in tears
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-09-24
the sadest girl in the world
I enjoy all the cathy glass books but this is most definitely one that had me gripped. while it's such a heart breaking story the outcome of a beautiful little girl is found
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- Louise
- 26-01-15
Excellent
Brilliant book as they all are, brought to life by excellent narration. Would highly recommend. Brought tears to my eyes.
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- Emma
- 20-04-18
Saddest girl in world
What did you like most about The Saddest Girl in the World?
Happy ending in the end
What did you like best about this story?
Everything
What does Denica Fairman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
How real the story is enjoyable u get in to the story in depth
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- Kay Robinson
- 28-04-18
made me cry
have enjoyed many Cathy stories but
this one was so sad admire her so much
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- Elaine Jones
- 16-10-16
Fantastic!
What a lovely happy ending. Really enjoyed this book. What a lucky girl Donna is .
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- Lindsay Brockwell
- 27-06-22
very emotional
very detailed story. once again Cathy's detailed writing on what herself her children and Donna went through is very good. denica's reading is excellent and really makes you feel as if you're there watching everything.
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- Emma
- 17-07-20
The saddest girl in the world
Sad story but one that needed to be told. I love all Cathy glass books.
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- tracey burton
- 27-05-17
The saddest girl in the world
I couldn't believe what I was reading how unkind Donna s family was but she got through with a lot of carding people
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- Sue Reid
- 06-10-15
Loved it
Will listen to it again sad beginning but a happy ending really sad that children were treated in this way in the first place thank goodness for people like Cathy Glass
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