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“celine roberts”

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  • No One Wants You

    A true story of a child forced into prostitution

    by Celine Roberts ...
    Given away by her mother at five months old, raped on the day of her first communion at age seven - when Celine Roberts was told 'No one wants you', she believed it.Illegitimate and unwanted, Celine was forced by her foster mother into prostitution. Her bones were broken, her nose was crushed and she ate candle wax to stay alive.Celine was finally rescued and sent to an industrial school, where ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

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  • Secret Evil

    by Zara Gill ...
    'If you say anything to your mother, I'll tell her it was your brother. And then he'll be locked away in prison forever because of you.'Zara's stepfather, Hassan, mercilessly bullied her brother and sister. But at just seven years old Zara knew she could never tell anyone about what Hassan was doing to her.For the next nine years, she kept the terrible secret, until eventually she found the ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • Wake Up, Mummy

    The heartbreaking true story of an abused little girl whose mother was too drunk to notice

    by Anna Lowe ...
    'I squeezed through the narrow gap and out into the hallway and I stood for a moment, unable to decide where to go. Should I make a dash for the kitchen, where my mother would be swigging from a bottle? Or should I run upstairs and try to find somewhere to hide? It was a choice I didn't really need to make, because there was no escape'Anna Lowe grows up on the doorsteps of pubs, waiting for her ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • Destroyed

    by Jayne Sterne ...
    When eight-year-old Jayne left bomb-torn Northern Ireland, her family stayed with relations and a distant relative began a campaign of abuse so horrifying that her world was shattered forever. When the family moved again, Jayne thought the nightmare was over. She was wrong. Her relative came too. And, as her parents had to work nights, Jayne's abuser became her carer.Raped repeatedly by him, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Learning to Love Amy

    The foster carer who saved a mother and a daughter

    by Mia Marconi ...
    Series series HarperTrue Life – A Short Read
    The second in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi.India was a child who was destined to end up in care. She came to foster carer Mia Marconi’s house when she was three; she’d already been in care for five months by then. But her mum Amy didn’t get on with her carer and threatened to kill her so India was moved.But no matter how inadequate parents are, children in care love ... Read more

    $5.49 USD

  • Please Don’t Take My Baby

    by Cathy Glass ...
    ‘I’m going to love my baby and give her lots of attention,’ Jade said. ‘I’ll show my mum she’s wrong.’Jade, 17, is pregnant, homeless and alone when she’s brought to live with Cathy. Jade is desperate to keep her baby, but little more than a child herself, she struggles with the responsibilities her daughter brings.Cathy is worried as soon as Jade arrives: she’s never looked after a pregnant ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Please Let It Stop

    The true story of my abused childhood

    by Jacqueline Gold ...
    'In retrospect, I can see I was the perfect candidate for child abuse. My parents had divorced and my mother didn't show me much love. Her self-imposed isolation kept me away from other children. My abuser had nobody in his way.'Please Let It Stop is a gripping and ultimately inspiring memoir of suffering and determination, of obstacles and inner battles. Jacqueline Gold was abused by her ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse

    by Rosie Lewis ...
    Trapped was a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis.Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl, is taken into police protection after a chance comment to one of her teachers alerts the authorities that all might not be what it seems in her comfortable, middle-class home. Experienced foster carer Rosie accepts the youngster as an emergency placement knowing that her ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

  • No Place for Nathan

    A True Short Story

    by Casey Watson ...
    A difficult and distressing tale of a young boy who desperately needs to be loved.Nathan is a troubled young child. Disruptive, aggressive and, most disturbingly, prone to violent mood-swings Nathan soon finds himself in at the school’s behavioural unit, managed by Casey – Ms Watson to her students. What’s even more disturbing is Nathan’s split personalities; from Jenny with a bright blonde wig to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Betrayed

    The heartbreaking true story of a struggle to escape a cruel life defined by family honour

    by Rosie Lewis ...
    In the much-anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times bestseller Trapped, foster carer Rosie Lewis tells the heartbreaking true story of 13-year-old Zadie.When the young teenage girl runs away from home and is discovered hiding on the city streets by the police, it is clear that all is not as it should be.Taught to believe that Westerners should not be trusted, when Zadie is initially delivered into ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Saving Danny

    by Cathy Glass ...
    The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him, and were sending him away.While Danny’s parents have everything they could wish for in material terms, they are unable to care for their only child. This is where Cathy comes ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Invisible Tears: The Abuse The Rebellion The Survival Despite All Odds

    by Abigail Lawrence ...
    At six years old Abbie is sent to live with her new stepmother who tortures her and subjects her to horrific abuse. Abbie's teen years are defined by violence drugs sex and crime. By sixteen Abbie is homeless and pregnant and the system that was supposed to protect her has given up too. Haunted by secrets will anyone see her invisible tears? ... Read more

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