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Daddy’s Little Princess (2014)

by Cathy Glass(Favorite Author)

4.31 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0007569378 (ISBN13: 9780007569373)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Harper Element

review 1: I enjoyed this book and I love Cathy Glass as an author. I find it hard to put her books down actually! The only reason I rated this book 3 stars is because of the content. The story line of incest, whether emotional or sexual, make me cringe. Although I appreciate the story line I found myself having to put the book down for a while because the relationship between Beth and her father made me feel uneasy. Glad there was a happy ending though. Always find myself rather teary at the end of Cathy's novels.
review 2: I haven’t read many books on child abuse, yet I always go into such accounts with a feeling of trepidation. As a mother of two angelic boys – one being almost the same age as the abused little girl in this book – I started Daddy’s Little Princ... moreess with dread in my heart, and countless times reconsidered whether I should continue with it. But looking back, I’m really glad I didn’t give up on Beth’s story.Emotional incest: although the term is new to me, I understood its significance and the implications very clearly when it was explained. Even though this isn’t the worst case of child abuse I’ve heard of, I can only imagine the long term effects it could’ve had on Beth as an adult had a caring foster parent and other concerned adults not stepped in when they did. Whether the abuse was intentional or not, I found it hard to believe that a father could blur the lines so easily. I’m a firm believer in allowing your child to be a child, and I have to admit that I had very little, if any, sympathy with Beth’s father.I was instantly immersed into Beth and Cathy’s world. Cathy deals with this heartfelt story with sensitivity and empathy. She allows the reader into the heart of her household and makes us as at home as she did Beth. She also takes the reader through the step-by-step process on how the abuse was identified and dealt with. To compound matters, Cathy also had to deal with a marriage that fell apart without warning, but the way she handled everything just kept increasing my respect for her and her kids. Like she says: fostering involves the entire family. Beth is such a lovely little girl and she crawls into your heart instantly. Her outbursts are typical of a child at that age, but she has so many other qualities, everything else is easily forgiven. How she reacts to her father – especially if you keep her age in mind – that was intensely disturbing. Every time she spoke to him over the phone, I felt uncomfortable (mostly at the beginning of the book). But for her, all of that was normal because that’s what he raised her to believe.Anyway, before I say too much… The ending, well, let’s just say I wasn’t fully on-board with the ending. I kept asking, “what if…”. Realistically, no-one can predict the future and I guess we’ll just have to hope that the right decisions were made. Beth’s father dumped too much on his girlfriend’s shoulders for me to believe his sincerity, but like I said, we can only hope. less

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