This is a very hard hitting emotive book about a fosterer. It is also very informative. It’s so sad what lives some young people have

Very sad emotional book. But that aside it was very well written. I really enjoyed reading the book. Really pulls at your emotions

Another excellent book by a fantastic writer who makes the real life stories of the children she looks after come alive as you read. With detailed information without crossing the confidential nature of her job. You feel all the highs and lows they go through during the child's journey.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which is part of Casey's fostering memoirs and would recommend it to anyone to educate themselves on the dark side of foster care and social services.

OMG.........Mummy, Please Don’t Leave by Casey Watson was a amazing heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together.............Then again all her books I have read I have reached out for a box of tissues. This is a book that will stick with you a very long time, Casey's books are always written from the heart and always get me a blubbering mess I don't know why i read her books but I am hooked to this author

I highly recommend this latest book from Casey Fantastic read - Buy don't forget your tissues you will need more than a box!

Big Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a copy of this book in return for an honest review.

The Watsons are no strangers to sibling placements but when Casey takes the call from her supervising social worker one frosty January morning, she can instantly tell from the tone of her colleague’s voice that there’s a complicated case ahead.

And she’s right. A four-day-old baby boy called Tommy – born in prison – plus his four-year-old half-brother, the lively Seth. A month later, the very moment she gets out of prison, the boys’ mother – a 19-year-old called Jenna – also follows.

For Casey, it would it be a difficult scenario on several levels. Caring for a new born in her fifties with a pre-schooler who has spent most of his young life without boundaries tearing around her ankles, while also looking out for his drug-addicted mum who is ill-equipped to parent.

It’s an unusual situation but one that has arisen in a bid to keep the family together. Can Casey find the energy and strength needed to rise to the challenge? Casey believes she can but when baby Tommy and Seth arrive, she falters. Seth is not so much a pocket rocket as a seek and destroy missile with a whole other agenda.
A true story that certainly pulls at your heart strings.

Based on a true story this shows how foster carers try to keep family together against all the odds, young baby born in prison, Young Mum unexperienced and an older sibling who has been pushed from pilllow to post.

You can't go wrong with a Casey Watson book. The emotion that she evokes in the reader from experiencing the lives of those children in care and the foster parents who go through hell with them is always something not to be missed.

In this book we concentrate on a whole family being fostered ready to be integrated back into society to stand on their own two feet, and I laughed, cried, swore and read late into the night to understand Jenna, Seth and Tommy. I was horrified at some of the things I read, but know that Casey's stories are always an accurate portrayal of life and I applaud her for her work as a foster parent and author.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and Casey as an author.
I have myself worked with social services and the family support services.
This is a emotional tail of how a young woman who has had a child when she was just a child herself without a family support network but even worse that the young mother didn't even have a stable home life.
You cant help falling in love with Seth and Tommy and the whole family.
Beautifully written.

I don't think that Casey Watson will ever write a fostering memoir that I will rate lower than 5 stars. She writes with such emotion and honesty, even admitting her own faults, that it is impossible not to get caught up in the story being told. If you have read any of Casey's books previously, or any other fostering memoir, then you know how these books work. It's a tried and tested formula so there's not much to say other than it was fantastic as usual.
This book did feel a little different than usual as it was a different type of fostering placement, it was a Mother and Baby placement. Jenna, the teenage mother has just been released from prison and she goes to stay with Casey and family, along with her 4 year old and newborn baby. Jenna is not the most likeable of people initially so it's hard to feel sympathy towards her situation and to understand why Casey is so determined to give her a chance.
This was one of those situations where you don't quite know which side to root for in the battle, which made for a very interesting read.
I loved this book as expected and can't wait to read more by this author.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a copy of this book in return for an honest review.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. How this book pulled at my heart strings it was written with such consideration and thought.

I’ve always read and enjoyed the fostering memoirs of both Casey and Cathy glass, as they are so easy to read and truely reflect their family life warts and all.
Mummy please don’t leave introduces us to Seth and Tommy and their mum Jenna, Casey has had a break from fostering but feels she is ready to start again, after discussion with her case manager she is informed of a hard to place family unit consisting of a teenage mum, baby and four year old and jumps at the thought of taking them on!
This case proves extremely challenging for Casey and her long suffering but supportive family, but with her consistent, practical, sensible care and support she enables Jenna to fight her case.
Thank you netgalley for this early read.

Another fabulous book by Casey Watson. I’m a huge lover of the foster carer memoir genre in general but Casey to me stands out above the rest as being the most true to life and honest. The characters in Casey’s books are not just her and Mike, the child(ten) they are fostering or their own children and grandchildren but also social workers. Having read all of Casey’s books (she just doesn’t write them fast enough for me!) I’ve seen how many different social workers she has had around her kitchen table and how honest her assessment of them and the regulations they have to adhere to are. This book is no exception to that honesty. While other writers will gently criticise but add “it’s not their fault I know they are under great pressure” so as not to look negative. Casey says “I didn’t agree with what he said and I blame him for what followed” this honesty and willingness to stick her head above the parapet is what makes her books so readable.
This honesty is not just directed at the professionals she encounters but also at herself. She is well aware of her flaws and foibles and her marriage bears testament to that self awareness as when Mike points out that she’s in the wrong she will huff and puff a bit, have a cup of tea and then admit that he’s bang on.
This story is of a mother and baby placement that isn’t. The Watsons have the children’s mother living with them but she is not in care being 19. The boys are under a care order though so are Casey and Mike’s responsibility. This adds a new layer of complexity to the placement and shows the Watson’s resilience in all its glory.
What more can I say? It’s another sure fire winner. If this is your first Casey Watson book, yes it is as good as the reviews say it is and oh I am SO jealous that you can now go on to read her entire ‘back catalogue’ when you’ve finished this one.

Casey and her husband Mike are brilliant foster carers, they are kind, compassionate, not perfect, but everything one would want to have in foster carers. Casey is also a great author which makes the perfect combination when reading her series of books about those in her care.
'Mummy, Please Don't Leave", picks up a few months after the tales of Harley features in Casey's last book, 'Let Me Go', (however, this is a standalone book and it is not necessary to have read any of Casey's previous books to enjoy this one). This book features a mother and baby foster placement, 19 year old Jenna, her four year old son, Seth, and her new born baby, Tommy. Casey must supervise Jenna with the children at all times, Jenna has just been released from prison, Seth has severe behavioural problems and Casey has not supported this type of placement in many years; so this is not going to be an easy ride!
A brilliant example of this genre of books, I inhaled it in one day keen to find out what would happen with this family.
Thanks to NetGalley for a Kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. of books about those in her care.

I am never disappointed when reading Casey's books.

This one especially gripped me, the children she has fostered yet you still manage to be shocked at the past of some of these poor kids!

Another fantastic book!

I love Casey watsons books, and this latest one definitely lived up to my expectations! Although the story was heartbreaking at points; it was a fantastic read, definitely recommend reading

I love these books by Foster carer Casey Watson and this did not disappoint.. Based on the story of Jenna, a young mother and her 2 children. Out of control 4 year old Seth and baby Tommy..
All casey and Mike wants is for Jenna to be able to keep her children and thrive as a family with help..
Read about whether she manages to turn herself around or not!

Books in this genre are a guilty pleasure for me.

It’s hard to say I enjoy them when the subject matter is so tough. However, I liked the arc of the book. Plus I liked the resolution at the end.

These books are always heartbreaking to read. I still read them because I find the stories intriguing, I learn a lot about people, and it also gives me much needed perspective. It is just sometimes so hard to admit that these kinds of people exist amongst us. I have a huge respect for everyone who is a good foster parent. I could never do it myself, but it is good to know that these wonderful people also exist amongst us.

This was a surprisingly easy subject, even though there are moments when I felt hopeless. I wonder how life will work out for these people. One young boy, a newborn baby and the mummy in prison. Mummy has had a terrible upbringing, and it shows. She is still very young, and pretty clueless. If left alone with her kids what would happen to them?

Sometimes I think that the best crime fiction writers can't come up with "as good of a story" as sadly nonfiction writers can. Because the stories are true, it makes it all worse. Casey Watson is a skilled writer, and it is easy to see that she put herself out there. She is not afraid to tackle tough subjects, and she very convincingly writes about what happens in one's own mind, and how she and her husband feel about different situations.