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How Could He Do It?

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'In many ways we were an ordinary family: mum, dad, two kids, three dogs, one rabbit, two guinea pigs. I stayed at home, studying with the Open University, and dad worked, and the kids went to private schools. We lived in a rather nice semi in a rather nice area of Edinburgh, with a rather nice Volvo in the drive, and took rather nice holidays, wearing rather nice clothes. I loved Daniel deeply ... Read more

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'In many ways we were an ordinary family: mum, dad, two kids, three dogs, one rabbit, two guinea pigs. I stayed at home, studying with the Open University, and dad worked, and the kids went to private schools. We lived in a rather nice semi in a rather nice area of Edinburgh, with a rather nice Volvo in the drive, and took rather nice holidays, wearing rather nice clothes. I loved Daniel deeply
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A Green Dragon Sleeping

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The Sparrow grows up in Singapore in the late 1800s after her mother is killed in a shipboard mutiny. As a child, she was taken in by an elderly Chinese apothecary and his Malay wife. Now a young woman, a chance encounter with an American reporter, Benjamin T. Greaves, results in the Sparrow's true identity as Samille Beauvoir Langley being uncovered. After Samille is reunited with her father in ... Read more

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The Sparrow grows up in Singapore in the late 1800s after her mother is killed in a shipboard mutiny. As a child, she was taken in by an elderly Chinese apothecary and his Malay wife. Now a young woman, a chance encounter with an American reporter, Benjamin T. Greaves, results in the Sparrow's true identity as Samille Beauvoir Langley being uncovered. After Samille is reunited with her father in
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Nelle

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In this historical novella, Elanor Rose 'Nelle' Keller and her younger sister, Josephine Joy 'Pheen' Keller grow up in a close-knit family along Brushy Fork in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in the years preceding and including World War II. Beautiful, headstrong Nelle moves confidently through life to achieve her dreams. Shyer, quieter Pheen watches her big sister with awe. While Pheen worries and ... Read more

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In this historical novella, Elanor Rose 'Nelle' Keller and her younger sister, Josephine Joy 'Pheen' Keller grow up in a close-knit family along Brushy Fork in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in the years preceding and including World War II. Beautiful, headstrong Nelle moves confidently through life to achieve her dreams. Shyer, quieter Pheen watches her big sister with awe. While Pheen worries and
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A High Sanctuary

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After a shipwreck along the California coast in the late 1880s, a child is presumed orphaned. She's given a name-Juliana Russell-and a home by the lighthouse keeper and his wife, Bernard and Faith Russell. The only clue to her identity is an enigmatic gold figurine she wore as a necklace. Years later, when another shipwreck brings two young men-James Dutton and Will McKenna-to the lighthouse, an ... Read more

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After a shipwreck along the California coast in the late 1880s, a child is presumed orphaned. She's given a name-Juliana Russell-and a home by the lighthouse keeper and his wife, Bernard and Faith Russell. The only clue to her identity is an enigmatic gold figurine she wore as a necklace. Years later, when another shipwreck brings two young men-James Dutton and Will McKenna-to the lighthouse, an
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LITTLE ANN

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Growing up in Eastern Kentucky between the world wars is hard enough for Little Ann and her family, but the hard times are tempered by a house full of love. That world changes when shaken by an unexpected loss, and Little Ann must contrive to take care for her siblings in a harsh new reality. With a stepmother and new mouths to feed, will she find a way forward for her brothers and sisters? And ... Read more

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Growing up in Eastern Kentucky between the world wars is hard enough for Little Ann and her family, but the hard times are tempered by a house full of love. That world changes when shaken by an unexpected loss, and Little Ann must contrive to take care for her siblings in a harsh new reality. With a stepmother and new mouths to feed, will she find a way forward for her brothers and sisters? And
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Please Don’t Take My Baby

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‘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

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‘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
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Learning to Love Amy

The foster carer who saved a mother and a daughter

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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

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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
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Secret Evil

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'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

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'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
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Betrayed

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

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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

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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
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Destroyed

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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

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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,
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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

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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
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Saving Danny: Part 3 of 3

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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

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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
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