In The Forgotten Start the author, Caroline Bond, starts by writing about a small baby who appears to be abandoned although someone does arrive but the reader isn't informed who this could be. The book moves on to a telephone call to Tom and Grace informing them their daughter is in hospital. The author then gives the background to Tom and Grace's life and the adoption of their oldest daughter, Cassie. The reader assumes that it must be Cassie who is in hospital the story has mainly been based around her however the couple do have another daughter, Erin. Cassie This intriguing start has the reader keen to read on and find out more about this family and how it will be affected by Cassie's search for her birth mother. As a volunteer with Victim Support and the Chair of the charity, Weekenders Caroline Bond writes with knowledge on this subject.