Book Nook Join Book Nook

Mummy, Please Don't Leave

Casey Watson

A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together...

The Watsons are no strangers to sibling placements but when Casey takes the call from her supervising social worker one frosty January morning, she can instantly tell from the tone of her colleague's voice that there's a complicated case ahead.

And she's right. A four-day-old baby boy called Tommy - born in prison - plus his four-year-old half-brother, the lively Seth. A month later, the very moment she gets out of prison, the boys' mother - a 19-year-old called Jenna - also follows.

For Casey, it would it be a difficult scenario on several levels. Caring for a new born in her fifties with a pre-schooler who has spent most of his young life without boundaries tearing around her ankles, while also looking out for his drug-addicted mum who is ill-equipped to parent.

It's an unusual situation but one that has arisen in a bid to keep the family together. Can Casey find the energy and strength needed to rise to the challenge? Casey believes she can but when baby Tommy and Seth arrive, she falters. Seth is not so much a pocket rocket as a seek and destroy missile with a whole other agenda...

GenresWatson, CaseyFoster parentsGreat BritainFoster childrenFoster home care

320 pages, 2 editions

English edition · First published 2021 by HarperElement · ISBN 9780008375638

Readers also shelved

Be the first to rate this book

Tap or drag across the stars

Editions

2 editions

English

  • Mummy, Please Don't Leave · HarperElement · 2021 · ISBN 9780008375638 This page
  • Mummy, Please Don't Leave · HarperElement · 2021 · ISBN 9780008375645

Keep track of what you read

Book Nook is a free reading tracker with a 3D bookshelf, a reading timer, challenges with friends and a Reading Wrapped at the end of the year. Add Mummy, Please Don't Leave to your shelf in one tap.

Join Book Nook Get the app