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The Boy No One Loved : a Heartbreaking True Story of Abuse, Abandonment and Betrayal by Casey Watson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Sunday Times bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson’s first heartbreaking memoir. Justin was five years old; his brothers two and three. Their mother, a heroin addict, had left them alone again. Later that day, after trying to burn down the family home, Justin was taken into care. Justin was taken into care at the age of five after deliberately burning down his family home. Six years on, after 20 failed placements, Justin arrives at Casey’s home. Casey and her husband Mike are specialist foster carers. They practice a new style of foster care that focuses on modifying the behaviour of profoundly damaged children. They are Justin’s last hope, and it quickly becomes clear that they are facing a big challenge. Try as they might to make him welcome, he seems determined to strip his life of all the comforts they bring him, violently lashing out at schoolmates and family and throwing any affection they offer him back in their faces. After a childhood filled with hurt and rejection, Justin simply doesn’t want to know. But, as it soon emerges, this is only the tip of a chilling iceberg. A visit to Justin’s mother on Boxing Day reveals that there are some very dark underlying prob

Who reads The Boy No One Loved : a Heartbreaking True Story of Abuse, Abandonment and Betrayal?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Casey Watson
Publisher
Harper Element
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9780007436569
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Social Science, Gender Studies, Social_sciences
Rating
4.5 / 5 (1,750 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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