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Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever fostered. A sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl, Dawn's outward appearance masked a traumatic childhood so awful that even she could not remember it.

During the first night, Cathy awoke to see Dawn looming above Cathy's baby's cot, her eyes staring and blank. She sleepwalks--which Cathy learns is often a manifestation in disturbed children. It becomes a regular and frightening occurrence, and Cathy is horrified to find Dawn lighting a match whilst mumbling it's not my fault in her sleep one night.

Cathy discovers Dawn is playing truant from school and struggling to make friends. More worryingly, she finds her room empty one night and her pillow covered in blood. Dawn has been self-harming in order to release the pain of her past.

When Dawn attempts suicide, Cathy realizes that she needs more help than she can give. Dawn's mother eventually confides in her that Dawn was sent away to live with relatives in Ireland between the ages of five and nine, and Cathy soon realizes that the horrors Dawn was exposed to during this time have left her a very disturbed little girl.

Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for more than twenty-five years, during which time she has looked after more than one hundred children of all ages and backgrounds. She has three teenage children of her own; one of whom was adopted after a long-term foster placement. She has written more than a dozen books, including the bestselling memoirs Cut, Hidden, and Mummy Told Me Not to Tell.

Denica Fairman's numerous theater appearances include Peter Pan, The House of Stairs, Julius Caesar, Nicholas Nickleby, Twelfth Night, and On the Verge. Among her television credits are Sleepers, Hard Cases, and Letters from a Bomber Pilot. She also appeared in the films The Fabulous Hurt and Duck.