十年前,Lily 曾是 Cathy 照顧過的寄養孩子。十年後的節禮日深夜,她卻突然出現在 Cathy 家門前,冷得發抖,也沒有其他地方可去。眼前的 Lily 已經長大,但她沉默、戒備,明顯藏著難以開口的事情。面對這個曾經走進自己家庭的孩子,Cathy 決定再次陪她尋找出路。Cathy Glass 擁有三十多年寄養經驗,照顧過超過 150 名孩子,並將許多真實經歷寫成暢銷作品。本書從一次意外重逢開始,隨著 Lily 的處境逐漸明朗,也一步步拼湊她不願面對的過去。故事延續 Cathy Glass 作品對寄養、家庭關係與孩子成長處境的細膩書寫。● 從昔日寄養孩子十年後突然登門展開,帶有逐步拼湊真相的懸念● 作者以長年的寄養照顧經驗為寫作基礎,持續關注孩子、照顧者與家庭關係● 推薦給 Cathy Glass 長期讀者,尤其喜愛 Hidden、Mummy Told Me Not to Tell、Helpless 的讀者The brand new, long-awaited book from THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Cathy GlassONE REMARKABLE WOMAN.OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING.CARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN.Can Cathy help troubled Lily sort her life out and piece together the truth?Late on boxing day, Cathy hears a strange noise outside her house, only to find Lily, a child she fostered ten years ago, shivering on her front step.But she is no longer the vulnerable girl Cathy once knew. Withdrawn and on edge, Lily has nowhere else to turn – and it soon becomes clear she is hiding something far more serious.Can Cathy sav