Daddy's Little Soldier: When home is a war zone, who can little Tom trust?
Apr 2019 · Hachette UK
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Quiet and polite, obsessively neat, clean and tidy, eight-year-old Tom is unlike any child Maggie has ever fostered before. Tom has been taken into care following concerns that his dad is struggling to cope after the death of Tom's mum. At first, Maggie doesn't know what to make of this shy, nervous little boy who never cries and is terrified of getting dirty. But as Tom's cleaning rituals start to get more extreme, Maggie fears that there's something more sinister going on beneath the surface.
When she meets Tom's dad Mark, a stern ex-soldier and strict disciplinarian, it's clear that Tom's life at home without his mummy has been a constant battlefield. Can Maggie help Mark to raise a son and not a soldier? Or is little Tom going to lose his daddy too?
A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.
'Such a moving story' 5* Amazon reader review
When she meets Tom's dad Mark, a stern ex-soldier and strict disciplinarian, it's clear that Tom's life at home without his mummy has been a constant battlefield. Can Maggie help Mark to raise a son and not a soldier? Or is little Tom going to lose his daddy too?
A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.
'Such a moving story' 5* Amazon reader review
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4.9
44 reviews
Gordon B
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March 7, 2020
A case of healing the parent so they can heal the child. A moving exercise in patience on Maggie's part. A roller-coaster of emotions. It's a shame the proof-reader isn't of the same standard. There should never be a space before punctuation: it was consistent throughout the book. I thought I would cope, but seeing a question mark starting the next line ruined my concentration and the moment.
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Carol Bull
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April 26, 2019
You are such an inspiration and i have read all your books. Thank you once again for such a brilliant story and so nice to see Louise settled. x
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Zeena Rose
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March 16, 2020
This book really dragged me in especially the part tom goes with his dad to put flowers on his mum's grave I could imagine the grave stone toms dad and how much you have helped them both so so much tom was shut down when he first came to you and the progress he made with your help and his dad's this book was amazing well done xx
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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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