Title: The Child Bride
Author: Cathy Glass
Series: N/A
Pages: 336
Release Date: September 25th 2014
Format: Paperback
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Synopsis: The story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from her family. When 14 -year-old Zeena begs to be taken into care with a non-Asian family, she is clearly petrified. But of what?
Placed in the home of experienced foster carer Cathy and her family, Zeena gradually settles into her new life, but misses her little brothers and sisters terribly. Prevented from having any contact with them by her family who insist she has brought shame and dishonour on the whole community, Zeena tries to see them at school. But when her father and uncle find out, they bundle her into a car and threaten to set fire to her if she makes anymore trouble. Zeena is too frightened to press charges against them despite being offered police protection in a safe house.
Eventually, Cathy discovers the devastating truth from Zeena, and with devastation she believes there is little she can do to help her.
Placed in the home of experienced foster carer Cathy and her family, Zeena gradually settles into her new life, but misses her little brothers and sisters terribly. Prevented from having any contact with them by her family who insist she has brought shame and dishonour on the whole community, Zeena tries to see them at school. But when her father and uncle find out, they bundle her into a car and threaten to set fire to her if she makes anymore trouble. Zeena is too frightened to press charges against them despite being offered police protection in a safe house.
Eventually, Cathy discovers the devastating truth from Zeena, and with devastation she believes there is little she can do to help her.
My Review: I don’t normally read this kind of books but I read another book by Cathy Glass and I found this one in my local library so I had to read it.
Cathy Glass writes stories about the children she fosters, these children have all been through something terrible and are all struggling with different things, which can make reading them difficult.
Zeena’s story was truly heart-breaking and she is a remarkable young lady who had been through hell by the hands of her own family. Zeena was 14 and married off to a man so much older than her so that he could come to England. It is so horrible to hear that things like this still happen today in England.
I'm glad that Zeena was able to get herself help by putting herself into care and finally tell the whole story of her abuse and I hope that other children who are in the same situation have the same courage she had to do something about it.
I like that you can go online and see how the children that Cathy Glass has looked after.
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