num_pages: 313
description: Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother Caz complains and threatens Cathy even before Max has moved in. Cathy and her family are shocked when they first meet Max. But his social worker isnt the only one in denial; his whole family are too.
language: English
title: Cruel to Be Kind
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers