Cathy Glass : Can I Let You Go?

By Cathy Glass

ISBN: 9780008153748
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Dimensions (cm): 2 x 12.9 x 19.7
Weight (kg): 0.235

Used in good condition.

• Good - The average used and worn book with general signs of use. A readable copy with some noticeable defects. May have markings, writing, underlining or highlighting.

Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and vulnerable, and normally lives with her grandparents, both of whom have mobility problems. Cathy and her children welcome Faye into their home and hearts. The care plan is for Faye to stay with Cathy until after the birth when she will return home and the baby will go for adoption. Given that Faye never goes out alone it is something of a mystery how she ever became pregnant and Faye says it’s a secret.

To begin with Faye won’t acknowledge she is pregnant or talk about the changes in her body as she worries it will upset her grandparents, but after her social worker assures her she can talk to Cathy she opens up. However, this leads to Faye realizing just how much she will lose and she changes her mind and says she wants to keep her baby. Is it possible Faye could learn enough to parent her child? Cathy believes it is, and Faye’s social worker is obliged to give Faye the chance.