Name: My Dad's a Policeman
ISBN: 9781405623100

Cathy Glass

'My Dad's a Policeman' is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother and no knowledge of his father.Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life of happiness and security he tells everyone he meets his dad's a policeman.

My Dad's a Policeman

Twevle-year-old Ryan devises a plan to be reunited with his younger brother, Tommy, after they are separated into foster homes because their alcoholic mother is unable to care for them.

Tom Turner

A lovely little piece of fiction from Cathy!

Though this is a fictional piece by an author who is more famous for her non-fiction, this can definitely stand up with her other work. Following Ryan on his first night in care, it couldn't have been written any other way - and it's great to get ’the other side’ and the kids perspective, which we understandably don't normally get! I do wonder whether there is some truth to the tale - after all Ryan and Tommy (his brother) are awarded ’after stories’ on Cathy’s website as the foster kids she has memoir’d about have, so it would definitely indicate this. Either way this book compliments her memoirs to a t!

My Dad's a Policeman

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