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A Family Friend

By: Casey Watson
Narrated by: Kate Lock
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The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson

With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine years old. Left feeling entirely alone, he has never had a proper safe haven.

There is one person looking out for Sammy: his neighbour, ‘Uncle Kenny’. But while Sammy may turn to Kenny for comfort, alarm bells soon start to ring for experienced foster carer Casey Watson…

Will Casey be able to save Sammy before it’s too late?

©2025 Casey Watson (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers Abuse Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Child Abuse Dysfunctional Families Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences
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Another great story

The story is enthralling as always unfortunately like the other books from this author the narrator is still very hard to listen to. I put on 1.2 speed which helps but I haven’t found a solution for the habit of ending sentences in a voiceless way. Its an audiobook, trailing off to hardly a whisper isn’t recommended

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Another good book

Thanks for another enjoyable read, Caseys stories are always interesting and keep you listen. Thanks.

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Another heart-wrenching account

I appreciate so much the accounts that Casey Watson shares with the world. The only thing is the narrator unfortunately seems to be getting worse with each book. Each book is becoming extremely hard to listen to as an audio book (thank goodness for being able to speed it up to 1.2 or 1.5) but the inflections and trailing off is really becoming quite frustrating even at a faster speed. Please choose someone else next time to read the book. There are plenty of quality narrators out there, and plenty of grandmotherly type voices, if that is the vibe you are going for.

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Fantastic

Another great book from Casey thank you so much for telling Sammy's story xxx

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