Witterick, has written an amazing account of the lives of people who were lucky enough to be saved from certain death at the hands of Nazi soldiers and their collaborators in Nazi-occupied Poland. Witterick is a captivating story of two Jewish families hiding from the Nazis, along with the mother and daughter who saved them all. Jodie was lucky enough to have someone like Cathy Glass look out for her, but sadly many children are not so lucky. It also shows how important it is to keep little ones with their families instead of putting them into abusive institutions where they will never learn healthy relationships. It shows the terrible things that can happen when children are abused and neglected without supervision or love. This book is a piece of art because it opens the reader’s eyes to what goes on behind closed doors in many people’s lives.
She was also very patient throughout this whole process, which was no easy feat considering how rude Jodie could sometimes be (though I think if you’ve read everything that happened to Jodie, you might not blame her for that). The book does not end with an “And they lived happily ever after” feeling, but rather leaves the question of what will happen in Jodie’s future open.Ĭathy Glass inspires me because she did not allow any hardship to feel impossible for herself and took on a role that would have been too much for most people. She learns how the abuse has affected her mental state and helps her through it, supporting all of the difficult decisions she needs to make about who is fit enough to be a part of her life. She struggles to understand why Jodie would mistreat her and reacts spitefully to situations that really aren’t very bad at all.Īs Cathy becomes aware of what Jodie has been through, she becomes more patient with her.Īs the story progresses, Cathy comes closer and closer to Jodie. The book is told through the eyes of both Cathy and Jodie, as they bounce back and forth between their different no-nonsense personalities and their difficult feelings on the subject of Jodie’s behavior.Ĭathy starts unable to connect with Jodie at all. Cathy is not sure about how she would deal with a child as destructive as Jodie but steps forward when she learns that Jodie would be placed in a mental institution unless someone took her on. This book retells the events which led up to her foster parents Cathy. * As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.ĭamaged is the story of Jodie, a child who has suffered abuse for some time.
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