A Long Way from Home: Part 2 of 3

A Long Way from Home: Part 2 of 3
Cathy Glass

The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage.Elaine and Ian had travelled half way round the world to adopt little Anna. She couldn’t have been more wanted, loved and cherished. So why was she now in foster care and living with me? It didn’t make sense.Until I learned what had happened. …Dressed only in nappies and ragged T-shirts the children were incarcerated in their cots. Their large eyes stared out blankly from emaciated faces. Some were obviously disabled, others not, but all were badly undernourished. Flies circled around the broken ceiling fans and buzzed against the grids covering the windows. The only toys were a few balls and a handful of building bricks, but no child played with them. The silence was deafening and unnatural. Not one of the thirty or so infants cried, let alone spoke.

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Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy.

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Contents

Cover (#u807d78b4-b83f-583a-b0a6-6daea2b6ab13)

Title Page (#uc14b8ada-9f09-556f-b615-6ceac1b0cbb2)

Copyright (#u510003a5-c07d-563b-8b8e-79f3e1262bc8)

Chapter Ten: All New (#ud7737c20-e598-5650-8790-87bfb0083ce7)

Chapter Eleven: Exhausted (#u3d06564f-b348-55c0-bf33-e9651a97bb89)

Chapter Twelve: Another Worry (#u81693f4c-19af-509c-9c5b-1f0662fa588d)

Chapter Thirteen: Good Girl (#u2da59c38-25d6-5ef9-9a11-96557b86c673)

Chapter Fourteen: Settling In (#ua384b378-728e-5550-863e-7baa29c67ee7)

Chapter Fifteen: Bad Parenting? (#u12915b89-4201-516c-8770-34bbbda56eda)

PART II (#u79d881f8-01b1-52b6-97aa-2a77148b695f)

Chapter Sixteen: Foster Care (#uf23fabc6-3989-52d8-86cc-0fe25b55e2bf)

Chapter Seventeen: First Night (#u61c24e72-6e7e-5fae-b9ae-19b113407a80)

Chapter Eighteen: I Haven’t Got a Home (#u0c62cc06-ce7f-58c8-bc3a-4aa46c210247)

Chapter Nineteen: Memories (#uf14a86f2-7769-5d0d-8532-052792fb2da7)

Moving Memoirs eNewsletter (#u7cfb8a35-08ae-5ccf-9a2c-9c6fffc79f0f)

About the Publisher (#ua9ac9491-ff57-5d49-9501-709d1f01ab7d)