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'Don't leave me here! Please, don't leave me.'What possesses a mum to kidnap her own child? That's what Maggie asks herself when she's asked to foster 13-year-old Saskia, the subject of a bitter custody battle between her parents. When Saskia's mum Rosa fears the courts...
Editeur : Seven Dials
Parution : 2025-08-14
Collection :
A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Format(s) : ePub
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'It's ok, Felix, don't worry. We're going to find your mummy.'When newborn baby Felix is found abandoned at a train station, the police launch a desperate search for his mum. It doesn't take long for their inquiries to lead them to Emily.While baby Felix is placed in...
Editeur : Seven Dials
Parution : 2025-02-13
Collection :
A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Format(s) : ePub
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Her sister was in danger. Jazmin knew there was only one option if she wanted to make sure she was safe.'Come on, Pearl,' she whispered. 'Let's get you out of here.'Jazmin was only thirteen when she was taken into care, after asking to be removed from her mum herself....
Editeur : Seven Dials
Parution : 2024-11-07
Collection :
A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Format(s) : ePub
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'Please help me,' he said in a small voice. 'Will you help me?'Six-year-old Ralph has only been in the care system for three days and has already been rejected by three different foster carers. After hitting a teacher at his school and causing mayhem since he arrived...
Editeur : Seven Dials
Parution : 2024-08-15
Collection :
A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Format(s) : ePub
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The shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages—which for decades hid violence, abuse, and deaths within their walls For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events—abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths—took...
Editeur : PublicAffairs
Parution : 2023-03-21
Format(s) : ePub
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Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2022-12-14
Format(s) : ePub
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Coercive control is a severe form of domestic violence experienced by millions of children worldwide. It involves a perpetrator using a range of tactics to intimidate, humiliate, degrade, exploit, isolate and control a partner or family member. Some coercive control...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2022-06-28
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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'The next round in Billy's fight is pain-racked, frank and reflective . . . an inspiring piece from a man who's been to hell and back and has the scars to prove it'JOE COLE'Brutally honest, dark and disturbing. A book that tells of the reality of drugs and a failing...
Editeur : Robinson
Parution : 2021-06-03
Format(s) : ePub
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'My heart felt heavy with sadness for these two little girls.'Foster carer Maggie Hartley is used to all manner of children arriving on her doorstep, but nothing can prepare her for sisters Billy and Bo when they arrive at her home. It is clear from the moment she sets...
Editeur : Seven Dials
Parution : 2021-04-15
Collection :
A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Format(s) : ePub
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"When my parents signed me up to Trojan Swimming Club, they had no idea of the evil behind Gibney's interest in me. As a thirteen-year-old, who knew nothing but kindness and love, I was ill-equipped to understand what was happening as he insidiously dominated my...
Editeur : Hachette Books Ireland
Parution : 2021-02-18
Format(s) : ePub
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As a survivor of sexual abuse in childhood, you may find that its effects continue to haunt you - bringing guilt and shame, perhaps depression and anxiety, eating disorders, troubled relationships and sexual difficulties. But although you can't alter the past, you can...
Editeur : Sheldon Press
Parution : 2020-08-06
Format(s) : ePub
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'What a great resource for understanding and managing PTSD' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A profoundly supportive and essential method for healing from trauma and grief' Wendy Stern, Founder and Executive Director, The Grief Support...
Editeur : Sheldon Press
Parution : 2020-07-09
Format(s) : ePub
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'He said he loved me.'Fourteen-year-old Hannah comes to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley after her mum pleads with Social Services to take her into care, unable to cope with her daughter anymore. Previously a good student, a loving daughter and sister, Hannah is...
Editeur : Seven Dials
Parution : 2020-04-16
Collection :
A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Format(s) : ePub
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Growing up in a quiet, middle-class suburb outside of Amsterdam, childhood best friends Anna and Olivia had their whole lives ahead of them. But every parent's worst nightmare came true when the teenagers fell in with the wrong crowd. Eleven years their senior, Ricardo...
Editeur : Trapeze
Parution : 2019-12-12
Format(s) : ePub
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What do the attacks in London Bridge, Manchester and Westminster have in common with those at the Charlie Hebdo offices, the Finsbury Park Mosque attack and multiple US shootings? They were all carried out by men with histories of domestic violence.'Revelation' Sunday...
Editeur : Riverrun
Parution : 2019-05-16
Format(s) : ePub
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Twelve-year-old Meg arrives at Maggie's after a fire destroys the children's home she's been living in. Terrified and having lost most of her possessions, Maggie must work hard to make the vulnerable young girl feel at home. But traumatised by the fire, and angry and...
Editeur : Trapeze
Parution : 2019-01-24
Collection :
A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Format(s) : ePub
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Gaslighting.What it is, how you can spot it - and how you can break freeHe's the charmer - the witty, confident, but overly controlling date. She's the woman on your team who always manages to take credit for your good work. He's the neighbour who swears you've been...
Editeur : Orion Spring
Parution : 2018-11-01
Format(s) : ePub
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When Maggie's latest placement arrives on her doorstep, it is clear that Sean, Dougie and their big sister Mary have been through unspeakable traumas in their short?lives. Violent and malnourished,?the siblings have been left to fend for themselves by their...
Editeur : Trapeze
Parution : 2018-11-01
Collection :
A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
Format(s) : ePub
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Praise for Luke and Ryan Hart's memoir:'A powerful, searing account from incredible brothers and an important contribution to our understanding of domestic abuse' Victoria Derbyshire'... a courageous account of domestic abuse and the devasting impact it has on...
Editeur : Seven Dials
Parution : 2018-11-01
Format(s) : ePub
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