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The Girl in the Mirror

By: Cathy Glass
Narrated by: Denica Fairman
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Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass returns with her first novel. The Girl in the Mirror is a moving and gripping story of a young woman who tries to piece together her past and uncovers a dreadful family secret that has been buried and forgotten.

When Mandy learns her much-loved Grandpa is dying, she is devasted and returns to the house where she spent so many wonderful summers as a child. But the childhood visits ended abruptly and those happy days are now long gone. Having lost touch with the rest of her family, Mandy returns as a virtual stranger to her aunt's house to nurse her grandfather.

Mandy hardly recognises the house that she loved so much as a child and it is almost as though her mind has blanked it out. But as certain memories come back to her, Mandy begins to piece together the events that brought a sudden end to her visits that fateful summer. What she discovers is so painful and shocking that she understands why it was buried and never spoken of by the family for all those years.

©2015 Cathy Glass (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Biographical Fiction Family Life Genre Fiction Mystery Fiction Biography Suspense
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never ceases to amaze me with her stories. amazing woman thanks Cathy Glass x x

amazing

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I have to say english its not mine first language. by the way this book same as previous one was completely understandable for me. look like I have another best British writer. she always surprise me after this book I have no question I was fully satisfied. its heart breaking story, reminding to us how important is to have knowledge of our friends family members back ground.

strong recommend

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Minor spoilerish warning

I quite enjoyed this story and listened to the whole thing within a few days. There is one issue I do have however, for an author who is meant to be a foster carer (all books I have also enjoyed) it's a bit worrying how unrealistic the legal side of this was. If a child is taken to a doctor with ANY sign or suspicion or abuse they would be required to report it, yet in the story it is for some reason left for the parents to do so.

I enjoyed it

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lots to be learned each time, a good resource for foster carers and supervising social workers alike

Always a good read

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I thought this may have been a similar format to Cathy Glass's other audiobooks, regarding her fostering. However, this was completely different. A story with depth and emotion, but for me, difficult to get into. I enjoyed listening, but found myself getting fed up with repetitive phrases and words. "Cried openly" "Bastard" etc. Overall I would give this audio a 3/5.

Not what I was expecting

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