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Little Girl Lost
The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson
Six-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder. After Kelly attempts to burn down their family house, it becomes clear that her daughter is in grave danger. Amelie is quickly taken into care.
When she arrives with foster carer Casey Watson, Amelie acts much younger than her age. Casey must get to the root of Amelie’s behaviour, while doing what she can to keep the family together.
Will Amelie ever find the safety of home?
Six-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder. After Kelly attempts to burn down their family house, it becomes clear that her daughter is in grave danger. Amelie is quickly taken into care.
When she arrives with foster carer Casey Watson, Amelie acts much younger than her age. Casey must get to the root of Amelie’s behaviour, while doing what she can to keep the family together.
Will Amelie ever find the safety of home?
283 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 28, 2024
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December 12, 2024
Another good book by this author.
A good insight into how mental illness. Affects the whole family.
A good insight into how mental illness. Affects the whole family.
April 4, 2024
Another really good read well written as always
November 17, 2025
Casey Watson is one of my favorites.
April 1, 2024
Little Girl Lost. by Casey Watson.
Amelie is six years old when Casey gets an early morning call .. there has been a fire and this little girl needs somewhere to go while her mother is being treated in hospital … their house has been destroyed… Being in Covid times also brings its own challenges … Can Casey help her … and what is the story with Amelie and her mum … it all starts to unfold … and it is not that good!
Amelie is six years old when Casey gets an early morning call .. there has been a fire and this little girl needs somewhere to go while her mother is being treated in hospital … their house has been destroyed… Being in Covid times also brings its own challenges … Can Casey help her … and what is the story with Amelie and her mum … it all starts to unfold … and it is not that good!
August 4, 2025
Book Title
Little Girl Lost
By
Casey Watson.
Genre: Memoir.
Pages: 283 Pages.
First or Third Person: First Person.
Trigger Warnings/Content Warnings: This book is based on a very sensitive topic and is written from a foster care, talks about vivid child neglect, mother's mental health disorder, a young baby being taken into the care system, and suicide.
Publishing Information: Published on 28th March 2024 by Harper Element.
Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook and Paperback.
How I had my copy: Through Kindle Unlimited.
Available on Kindle Unlimited: Yes, it was added with the ten year celebration of Kindle Unlimited.
My Feelings About The Book...
I knew before I even started reading this one, that it was going to be a very emotional read, what I didn't count on was the emotions being so intense and me not actually wanting to put the book down!
How Intense Was The Reading?
This book was very Intense and it was beautifully conveyed aswell, the fact that all this happened when the world shut down from covid. I felt myself getting angry, upset and frustrated while i read.
Could I Put The Book Down?
Nope, i flew through this book, hoping Amelie would get all the best in life and more. It took me only three days to read this one.
How I Feel After Reading.
Casey and her husband are the best kind of people, and more people in the world need to be like them. They give their love, time and dedication to children who's parents or carers can no longer be in the picture for whatever that reason may be. I felt so upset while reading, i felt the hurt and pain for little Amelie. "And there was obviously a whole world of things we didn't know yet. About how they had lived, how their day - to - day lives were conducted, what fears about the wider world her mum, with her illness, had passed down to her little girl to be accepted as facts."
I am so glad their is foster carers like them to show children and vulnerable young ones that not every adult is bad, but these two very special people have made a very big difference is young Amelie's life and I am sure many other children. Sometimes there really can be something that restores your faith in humanity.
As This is a non-fiction book, I always rate them as 5 stars as who is anyone to judge other's life.
Little Girl Lost
By
Casey Watson.
Genre: Memoir.
Pages: 283 Pages.
First or Third Person: First Person.
Trigger Warnings/Content Warnings: This book is based on a very sensitive topic and is written from a foster care, talks about vivid child neglect, mother's mental health disorder, a young baby being taken into the care system, and suicide.
Publishing Information: Published on 28th March 2024 by Harper Element.
Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook and Paperback.
How I had my copy: Through Kindle Unlimited.
Available on Kindle Unlimited: Yes, it was added with the ten year celebration of Kindle Unlimited.
My Feelings About The Book...
I knew before I even started reading this one, that it was going to be a very emotional read, what I didn't count on was the emotions being so intense and me not actually wanting to put the book down!
How Intense Was The Reading?
This book was very Intense and it was beautifully conveyed aswell, the fact that all this happened when the world shut down from covid. I felt myself getting angry, upset and frustrated while i read.
Could I Put The Book Down?
Nope, i flew through this book, hoping Amelie would get all the best in life and more. It took me only three days to read this one.
How I Feel After Reading.
Casey and her husband are the best kind of people, and more people in the world need to be like them. They give their love, time and dedication to children who's parents or carers can no longer be in the picture for whatever that reason may be. I felt so upset while reading, i felt the hurt and pain for little Amelie. "And there was obviously a whole world of things we didn't know yet. About how they had lived, how their day - to - day lives were conducted, what fears about the wider world her mum, with her illness, had passed down to her little girl to be accepted as facts."
I am so glad their is foster carers like them to show children and vulnerable young ones that not every adult is bad, but these two very special people have made a very big difference is young Amelie's life and I am sure many other children. Sometimes there really can be something that restores your faith in humanity.
As This is a non-fiction book, I always rate them as 5 stars as who is anyone to judge other's life.
September 17, 2024
Book Title
Little Girl Lost
By
Casey Watson.
Genre: Memoir.
Pages: 283 Pages.
First or Third Person: First Person.
Trigger Warnings/Content Warnings: This book is based on a very sensitive topic and is written from a foster care, talks about vivid child neglect, mother's mental health disorder, a young baby being taken into the care system, and suicide.
Publishing Information: Published on 28th March 2024 by Harper Element.
Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook and Paperback.
How I had my copy: Through Kindle Unlimited.
Available on Kindle Unlimited: Yes, it was added with the ten year celebration of Kindle Unlimited.
My Feelings About The Book...
I knew before I even started reading this one, that it was going to be a very emotional read, what I didn't count on was the emotions being so intense and me not actually wanting to put the book down!
How Intense Was The Reading?
This book was very Intense and it was beautifully conveyed aswell, the fact that all this happened when the world shut down from covid. I felt myself getting angry, upset and frustrated while i read.
Could I Put The Book Down?
Nope, i flew through this book, hoping Amelie would get all the best in life and more. It took me only three days to read this one.
How I Feel After Reading.
Casey and her husband are the best kind of people, and more people in the world need to be like them. They give their love, time and dedication to children who's parents or carers can no longer be in the picture for whatever that reason may be. I felt so upset while reading, i felt the hurt and pain for little Amelie. "And there was obviously a whole world of things we didn't know yet. About how they had lived, how their day - to - day lives were conducted, what fears about the wider world her mum, with her illness, had passed down to her little girl to be accepted as facts."
I am so glad their is foster carers like them to show children and vulnerable young ones that not every adult is bad, but these two very special people have made a very big difference is young Amelie's life and I am sure many other children. Sometimes there really can be something that restores your faith in humanity.
As This is a non-fiction book, I always rate them as 5 stars as who is anyone to judge other's life.
Little Girl Lost
By
Casey Watson.
Genre: Memoir.
Pages: 283 Pages.
First or Third Person: First Person.
Trigger Warnings/Content Warnings: This book is based on a very sensitive topic and is written from a foster care, talks about vivid child neglect, mother's mental health disorder, a young baby being taken into the care system, and suicide.
Publishing Information: Published on 28th March 2024 by Harper Element.
Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook and Paperback.
How I had my copy: Through Kindle Unlimited.
Available on Kindle Unlimited: Yes, it was added with the ten year celebration of Kindle Unlimited.
My Feelings About The Book...
I knew before I even started reading this one, that it was going to be a very emotional read, what I didn't count on was the emotions being so intense and me not actually wanting to put the book down!
How Intense Was The Reading?
This book was very Intense and it was beautifully conveyed aswell, the fact that all this happened when the world shut down from covid. I felt myself getting angry, upset and frustrated while i read.
Could I Put The Book Down?
Nope, i flew through this book, hoping Amelie would get all the best in life and more. It took me only three days to read this one.
How I Feel After Reading.
Casey and her husband are the best kind of people, and more people in the world need to be like them. They give their love, time and dedication to children who's parents or carers can no longer be in the picture for whatever that reason may be. I felt so upset while reading, i felt the hurt and pain for little Amelie. "And there was obviously a whole world of things we didn't know yet. About how they had lived, how their day - to - day lives were conducted, what fears about the wider world her mum, with her illness, had passed down to her little girl to be accepted as facts."
I am so glad their is foster carers like them to show children and vulnerable young ones that not every adult is bad, but these two very special people have made a very big difference is young Amelie's life and I am sure many other children. Sometimes there really can be something that restores your faith in humanity.
As This is a non-fiction book, I always rate them as 5 stars as who is anyone to judge other's life.
September 5, 2024
A very well written memoir by Casey Watson who is a foster carer.
This story follows the story of six year old Amelie who’s mother attempted to burn down their house during a mental health breakdown - as you can imagine poor Amelie SHOULD be traumatised by this but how her mothers mental health affects her is bizarre.
It gives a fantastic insight into how mental health can affect the wider family/people close to the family, how the social care/fostering system works and the challenges the foster child/families have to go through!
This story follows the story of six year old Amelie who’s mother attempted to burn down their house during a mental health breakdown - as you can imagine poor Amelie SHOULD be traumatised by this but how her mothers mental health affects her is bizarre.
It gives a fantastic insight into how mental health can affect the wider family/people close to the family, how the social care/fostering system works and the challenges the foster child/families have to go through!
April 1, 2024
Another brilliant book by Casey Watson. Set in COVID times. Casey and Mike foster a little girl who's mum has bi polar and put her life in danger. They also have some other children to stay on respite during the story.
Casey tells the story so well , you can feel the emotions and the description of how we all felt during lockdown is spot on as well
Casey tells the story so well , you can feel the emotions and the description of how we all felt during lockdown is spot on as well
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April 6, 2024
Another fabulous book from Casey Watson. This story was of pure sadness on how a mother can become extremely poorly due to mental health
Casey took in this lovely girl and kept her safe and loved.
This is the first of Casey’s book to go through how she cared for a foster child during covid.
Thanks Casey looking forward to the next one! X
Casey took in this lovely girl and kept her safe and loved.
This is the first of Casey’s book to go through how she cared for a foster child during covid.
Thanks Casey looking forward to the next one! X
July 1, 2024
Little girl lost.
Mental health, so many have it unnoticed. It was sad that it got that bad for Kelly. Then she finally got the help she needed. As for amelie, im glad she got a happy ending, with the help from Cathy and Mike.
I love reading Cathy's books because they're based on true stories they actually happen.
Mental health, so many have it unnoticed. It was sad that it got that bad for Kelly. Then she finally got the help she needed. As for amelie, im glad she got a happy ending, with the help from Cathy and Mike.
I love reading Cathy's books because they're based on true stories they actually happen.
April 1, 2024
I’ve always had soft spot for Casey. I particular liked the dynamics of seeing Mike and particularly the story of Amelie.
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September 28, 2024
A wonderful story. It warmed my heart entirely to learn what a wonderful little human being Amelie was/is considering she had been living with such a mentally unstable parent.
This was the first book I’ve read by this author but it sure won’t be the last.
This was the first book I’ve read by this author but it sure won’t be the last.
March 21, 2025
Reading about covid was a bit fucking boring and sounds like the author loved the shitty rules but I guess it was about the time. Amelie was interesting to read about and casey is a good author and I learned a lot of new words.
September 6, 2025
Really enjoyed this book.
Casey always writes as life is so you feel like you are a part of the story. I lived every feeling thought the book. I would definitely recommend it as a good read.
Casey always writes as life is so you feel like you are a part of the story. I lived every feeling thought the book. I would definitely recommend it as a good read.
November 11, 2025
It always shocks me when I read these kind of books. It highlights the mental struggles that people go through and the effect this has on children, and how often it can go unnoticed until its nearly too late.
December 15, 2025
Well written thought provoking book
Love how Amelie story is told memories of how tough lockdown was.,how difficult it must have been during that time as a foster carer .Heartwarming end
Love how Amelie story is told memories of how tough lockdown was.,how difficult it must have been during that time as a foster carer .Heartwarming end
April 4, 2024
Brilliant
Another great book from Casey
Read from start to finish in a day
Couldn’t put it down thoroughly enjoyed it
Another great book from Casey
Read from start to finish in a day
Couldn’t put it down thoroughly enjoyed it
April 7, 2024
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April 8, 2024
Casey Watson
Have read all her books in order, lovely to hear a great outcome for this child and how her own family are doing
Have read all her books in order, lovely to hear a great outcome for this child and how her own family are doing
April 8, 2024
amazing story =)
April 11, 2024
Love fostering memoirs!
April 24, 2024
Good read
Great read, you forget what lockdown was like until you read book. It brings back all the memories of what we all went through. Thanks Casey for another great read.
Great read, you forget what lockdown was like until you read book. It brings back all the memories of what we all went through. Thanks Casey for another great read.
April 27, 2024
Another brilliant book from Casey Watson, was so pleased that Amelie got a happy ending. I couldn't put it down. Definitely recommend.
June 16, 2024
I always love Casey watson!
June 25, 2024
Another interesting and informative story by Watson. I have enjoyed many of her books- this one is set during Covid.
August 4, 2024
i love this book. i have no words.
January 12, 2025
Love Casey's books and her life work!!! If only more people were like her. Can't imagine the life little
Amelie has led with her bipolar mother
Amelie has led with her bipolar mother
January 22, 2025
Fab book
Amazing read
I always feel like I'm living in Casey's house when I read her books
Keep up the good work
Amazing read
I always feel like I'm living in Casey's house when I read her books
Keep up the good work
March 23, 2025
Such a good book!
Awesome ♥️ book. We need more people like Casey and family. The work they do for children is unbeatable. Bless them!
Awesome ♥️ book. We need more people like Casey and family. The work they do for children is unbeatable. Bless them!
August 31, 2025
Good
Thank you to the author. Good read. Opens your eyes. Very sad to read at times. Defo read more of these books
Thank you to the author. Good read. Opens your eyes. Very sad to read at times. Defo read more of these books
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