Books like Damaged by Cathy Glass

Jeannette Walls' memoir chronicles her turbulent childhood in a dysfunctional, itinerant family, detailing poverty, alcoholism, and homelessness across the United States as she seeks stability and personal growth.

A memoir of a woman who overcomes a strict survivalist Mormon upbringing in rural Idaho to pursue higher education, ultimately earning a PhD in history at Cambridge.

A five‑year‑old boy and his mother are held in a small room, and the story unfolds through the boy’s perspective, highlighting the harrowing effects of captivity.

A moving true account of Donna’s journey from abuse and rejection to finding safety in foster care, illuminating the challenges and resilience of abused children.

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 deliberating 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 behavior 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 problems that Justin has never spoken about. As the full picture becomes clearer, and the horrific truth of Justin's early life is revealed, Casey and her family finally start to understand the pain he has suffered...

A masterful spy thriller set during World War II, Agent Garbo tells the true story of Juan Pujol, a Barcelona poultry farmer who rose to become one of the most brilliant spies in history.

Dawn’s life is a compelling biography of a girl who survived a traumatic childhood in foster care, ultimately finding hope and resilience.

This is the moving story of Jeanette Roberts, a young London girl who survived appalling abuse in her own childhood, and so determined to give other children in the same position the love and care she had been denied. A chance meeting with a small boy she caught stealing led to a life-long commitment to a steady stream of disturbed, abused and handicapped children whom everyone else had turned away. By becoming their beloved 'Mum', Jeanette has been able to transform their lives, giving them the protection they so desperately need.

Casey Watson, a foster mother, takes in two nine‑year‑olds—Jenson and autistic Georgie—while navigating the challenges of foster care and her own family's experience with autism.

Joss, a nine‑year‑old girl in Great Britain, returns home after the death of her father and faces abuse, substance use and legal troubles. She seeks help to heal from a violent past.