Tiny Prisoners: Two siblings trapped in a world of abuse. One woman determined to free them

· Trapeze · Narrated by Penny McDonald
3.8
13 reviews
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Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister have hardly set foot outside their own home. They have been prisoners, locked in a terrifying world of abuse, violence and neglect.

Maggie soon realises that Evie and Elliot are lacking the basic life skills we all take for granted. The outside world terrifies them; the sound of the doorbell sends them into a panic that takes hours to abate. Gradually unlocking the truth of their heart-breaking upbringing, Maggie tells their shocking true story.

From emotionally scarred and damaged little children, we see how - with warmth and dedication - Maggie transforms their lives. As this moving story unfolds, we share Maggie's joy when these children finally smile again, when they realise they do have a future after all.

Read by Penny MacDonald
(p) Orion Publishing Group 2017

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3.8
13 reviews
Ursula Naidoo
June 20, 2018
Maggie u are an amazing person..warm by heart n more...wish i had money to buy dis book...love u i doing a good job GOD BLESS U ALWAYS
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Gacha_ Clouds
March 25, 2018
I think from the sample it sounds good but I would like it to be free.so I can red it all because I have no money for it.
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Elsa Pires
May 7, 2018
Its alright but bit sad,..
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About the author

Maggie Hartley has fostered more than 300 children while being a foster carer for over twenty years. Taking on the children other carers often can't cope with, Maggie helps children that are deemed 'unadoptable' because of their behaviour or the extreme trauma that they've been through. She's looked after refugees, supported children through sexual abuse and violence court cases, cared for teenagers on remand and taught young mums how to parent their newborn babies. You can find her on Facebook at /MaggieHartleyAuthor, where she would love to hear from you.

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