A Boy Without Hope

作者 Casey Watson
出版社 Harper Element (1 Nov. 2018)
出版时间 2018年11月
ISBN 9780008298555

内容简介

ABOYWITHOUTHOPEistheheart-breakingstoryofaboywhodidn’tknowthemeaningoflove.AhistoryofabuseandneglecthasleftMillerdestinedforlife’sscrapheap.Butinthisturbulentstoryofconflictandstruggle,CaseyWatsonisdeterminedtohelpMillerovercomehisdemons,showhimloveandgivehimhope.CaseyWatsonisback,doingthejobshedoesbest–rollinguphersleevesandfosteringthechildrenwho,onfirstmeeting,seemlikehopelesscases.ButwhenshemeetsMilleranddiscoversthetruthabouthisdisturbingchildhood,evenCaseybeginstodoubtifthischildwilleverbeabletoacceptlove.Foundnakedandaloneonarailwaytrack,Millerwasjustfivewhenhewasfirstadmittedintothecaresystem.Emotionallytormentedbyhisbiologicalparents,Millerhasneverunderstoodhowtoestablishmeaningfulrelationships,andhisdestructivepast,andover20failedplacements,issealinghisfateinsociety’ssocialscrapheap.AfteratorrentofviolentbehaviourandnumerousfailedattemptstohelpMiller,Caseydecidestomakeanintervention,implementingasevereregimethatstripsMillerofallcontrol.ButsoontheemotionaldemandsofMiller’scasestarttotaketheirtollonCaseyandMike.JusthowfarisCaseywillingtogotohelpMillerandsavehimfromhisinnerdemons?

作者简介

CaseyWatson,whowritesunderapseudonym,isaspecialistfostercarer.Sheandherhusband,Mike,lookafterchildrenwhoareparticularlytroubledordamagedbytheirpast.BeforebecomingafostercarerCaseywasabehaviourmanagerforherlocalcomprehensiveschool.

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