A powerful, moving true story from Sunday Times bestseller, Maggie Hartley, Britain's most-loved foster carer.

When Jazmin was 13, she asked to be taken into care. She was fed up with her mum Nicola's flakey behaviour, her drinking and her relationships with men who would threaten Jazmin. After spending her teenage years in care, at 18 she is settled, with her own place and a new job as a teaching assistant. With an on-and-off relationship with her mum, she can't help feel concerned when she hears Nicola is pregnant again.

Desperate for a real relationship with her new half-sister, Pearl, Jaz is hopeful the baby will provide a second chance for her mum. But when history starts to repeat itself, Jaz is forced to step in and, with Maggie's help, make a decision that will change the rest of her life...