Review - Daddy's Little Princess by Cathy Glass

 

Title: Daddy’s Little Princess

Author: Cathy Glass

Pages: 315

Release Date: March 27^th 2014

Format: Paperback

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Synopsis: The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass.

Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn’t long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be.

Little Beth, aged 7, has been brought up by her father Derek after her mother left when she was a toddler. When Derek is suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems Beth is taken into care and arrives at Cathy’s.

Beth and her father clearly love each other very much and Derek spoils his daughter, treating her like a princess, but there is something bothering Cathy, something she can’t quite put her finger on.

Meanwhile Cathy’s husband is working away a lot and coming home less at weekends. Then, suddenly, everything changes. Events take a dramatic turn for both Beth and Cathy and her family; as Cathy strives to pick up the pieces all their lives are changed forever.

 

My Review: Beth goes to stay with Cathy because her dad who is a single parent is admitted to hospital. You can tell that Beth loves her dad but Cathy fears that her dad may have been abusing her due to him treating her like a princess.

 

Beth seems to dress up for her dad when she’s going to visit him in the hospital, she wears heels, make-up and a provocative dress (well provocative to an 8 year old), Cathy finds out that Beth has ran her dads girlfriend away so that she can have her dad to herself.

 

When Cathy relays her suspicions to the social worker they launch an investigation into their relationship which eventually turns out to be nothing other than a father showing his daughter love and not setting boundaries about what is right and wrong for a father-daughter relationship, he gets the help he needs and starts seeing his girlfriend again and he has to get Beth to accept the new rules and way that they are going to live their life from then on.

 

I think that Cathy did a great job with Beth and her father given the things that were going on in her own life, she does seem to make a difference for those that she looks after.

 

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