num_pages: 336
description: The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him and were sending him away. While Dannys parents have everything they could wish for in material terms they are unable to care for their only child. This is where Cathy comes in. On a cold dark evening Danny finds a place in her home where he can be himself; away from his parents impatience and frustration. Often in his own little world six-year-old Danny finds it difficult to communicate finding solace in his best friend and confidant George  his rabbit.Cathy quickly becomes aware of his obsessively meticulous behaviour in addition to his love of patterns he sees them everywhere and creates them at any opportunity  in his play and also with his food. She realises that patience is the key to looking after Danny as well as her well-tried strategies for managing childrens behaviour.With his father refusing to cooperate it becomes increasingly likely that Danny will be living with Cathy permanently until she gets an opportunity to speak her piece. Cathy Glass' book 'A Family Torn Apart' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10-10-2022.
language: English
title: Saving Danny
publisher: HarperElement