A Family For Christmas: When a tragic accident scars a family, will it take a miracle to heal them?
Dec 2016 · Hachette UK
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When foster carer Maggie Hartley meets Sean and Sheila, they're facing every parent's worst nightmare. A split-second decision to leave toddler Edward alone for a few short minutes results in a tragic accident, and Edward is left fighting for his life. He survives, but is tragically left severely brain damaged.
Wracked with guilt, destroyed by blame and struggling to accept that their perfect toddler has gone, Sean and Sheila go to pieces. Maggie steps in to foster Edward while his parents battle with the unspoken fear that he may have to be adopted permanently if they cannot cope with their son's needs. Will Maggie be able to help this family grieve for the son they've lost and learn to love the little boy he is now? And will Edward have a family to go home to at Christmas?
A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.
'A lovely, heartwarming story' 5* Amazon reader review
Wracked with guilt, destroyed by blame and struggling to accept that their perfect toddler has gone, Sean and Sheila go to pieces. Maggie steps in to foster Edward while his parents battle with the unspoken fear that he may have to be adopted permanently if they cannot cope with their son's needs. Will Maggie be able to help this family grieve for the son they've lost and learn to love the little boy he is now? And will Edward have a family to go home to at Christmas?
A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.
'A lovely, heartwarming story' 5* Amazon reader review
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4.8
103 reviews
Gemma Darking
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May 14, 2022
Really enjoyed reading this short story... I just love Maggie Hartley books the way she writes is so good because you feel you know every character and how they feel you feel it too... I'm so glad little Edward had a happy ending what a little soldier he done so well and it was lovely reading how he progressed over time... Such a special little boy... This is defo a 5 star read 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤗👍
Pamela Coyle
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May 3, 2020
Oh what a tear jerker read the book in 24 hrs I just couldn't put the book down also I really Like a happy ending.
3 people found this review helpful
Damon Pallett
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August 17, 2017
It's OK as long as long as there's more chapter maybe like 1000000000 pages so it's a endless book
4 people found this review helpful
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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