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Skin Deep: All she wanted was a mummy, but was she too ugly to be loved?

By: Casey Watson
Narrated by: Kate Lock
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Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved.

‘Am I ugly, Mummy?’ are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into their lives on a hot August afternoon. She has a Barbie doll in one hand and a pink vanity case in the other and the bemused Watsons can only stare in amazement at this tiny eight year old girl who is being guided into the room by her social worker.
Phillipa, known as Flip has Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and life with her single mother has come to an abrupt end after a fire burned the house down. When Casey meets Flip, the child seems remarkably unfazed by what has happened and the thing that seems to worry her is that Casey might find her ugly.
Casey has come across children with FAS in her previous job in a high school behaviour unit, but is now realising that fostering Flip is going to be full of challenges which will test her and Mike’s skills to the limit.

©2015 Casey Watson (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Children's Health Parenting & Families Relationships Adoption

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Sad story as always. Fantastic Casy and family. Love the narrator, thank you very much

Love it.

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Beautiful story, well written and very well spoken through the narrator.

Thank you for yet again another amazing and sweet story ❤️

Beautiful story!

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Have been gripped by this story from start to finish brilliant and heartwarming. well done

fantastic and heartwarming

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This book definitely tugged on the heart strings. I cried lots and I don’t do that often. Loved this book!

Another fantastic listen

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nice read great hearing a kid back such a dark past and love in her heart

good read

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This story really does illustrate how beauty comes from within ❤️ Nurtured through, from the incredible love and support of Casey, Mike and Tyler! I wept proper tears towards the end (happy-sad tears) ....

I read a top tip from another listener re Kate Lock's narration. Because I have struggled with it - resulting in me avoiding Casey's Audible books for some time now. Play these at 1.2 speed. Game changer 👏🏾! Thoroughly enjoyed the story, well done Team Watson! And Kate Lock!

SUCH a beautiful child!

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loved this story as i do with them all ,bit heart aching at times how a parent can be so cruel but always love how they seem to be built up again with love and a happy ending ❤

amazing story

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This little girl really touched my heart. While listening you can sense how phlip is changing and realising how much she's loved and how settled in life she is one amazing little girl who will with all her family will turn into a loving young lady who can be anything she wants to be good luck phlip

Beautiful

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oh goodness the patronising narrator was truly awful. I barely made it through the first chapter, it is soooooo patronising so far, not holding any hope it'll get better.

Awful narrating!!!

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I enjoy Casey Watson books have read them all, thought I’d try this as audible being the only book not completed. Narrators voice was just so false with all the impressions - just awful

Narrators voice spoilt this book

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