Tiny Prisoners: Two siblings trapped in a world of abuse. One woman determined to free them
Apr 2016 · Hachette UK
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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.
A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.
*Tiny Prisoners was originally published in 2016*
'I truly recommend anyone to read her books' 5* reader review
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.
A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.
*Tiny Prisoners was originally published in 2016*
'I truly recommend anyone to read her books' 5* reader review
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4.8
263 reviews
Rebekah Thomas
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November 1, 2017
I loved it. Such an emotional journey of one person's decision to love unconditionally to evoke change, a huge positive change. Such a detailed account of what it was really like, which has deeply encouraged and moved me. This is someone with a heart full of love and compassion. I couldn't put this book down, from start to finish, done within a few hours. I know for sure now that this is something I'd love to do too...
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Mimi Heinrich
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December 3, 2017
Read it in one night. I hoped that Maggie would adopt the kids but the happy ending brought tears to my eyes! Very good book and a brilliant insight to being a foster parent. Letting go is always hard!
Nan Jan
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April 30, 2018
Having fostered kids and my daughter now fostering was great to read how
you handled situations and didnt necessarily follow protocol you stood up
to what you believed was best for tthe kids not what the case workers think
is best for them.. Amazing yet never ending FINISH as those kids remain
part of your life.. Your truly a very lucky woman as are those two kids..
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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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