Series · family drama
No Child of Mine
The No Child of Mine series by Susan Lewis has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with No Child of Mine (2012).
- Books
- 3 books
- First published
- 2012
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: No Child of Mine (2012) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
No Child of Mine
Alternative text for cover: Cover of No Child of Mine - Book 2:
Don't Let Me Go
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Don't Let Me Go - Book 3:
You Said Forever
Alternative text for cover: Cover of You Said Forever
About the No Child of Mine series
A trilogy following the professionals and families caught up in Britain's child social services and family court system, drawing on the kind of real-world casework Susan Lewis researched directly with social workers. No Child of Mine (2012) follows a family torn apart after a child's death is ruled non-accidental; Don't Let Me Go (2013) follows a mother fighting to keep her children after being wrongly implicated in abuse; You Said Forever (2017) follows a fostering placement threatened by a birth parent's return. Each book is a self-contained case rather than a continuing story, unified by the same unflinching interest in how the care system fails and occasionally saves the families caught inside it.
Frequently asked questions
How many No Child of Mine books are there?
Three: No Child of Mine (2012), Don't Let Me Go (2013), and You Said Forever (2017).
Do the No Child of Mine books follow the same characters?
No -- each is a self-contained story about a different family caught up in the UK child social services and family court system.
Is No Child of Mine based on real cases?
Susan Lewis has spoken about researching the series directly with social workers and family court professionals, though the specific families and cases in the books are fictional.
Reading order last verified .