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Slave Girls: Candice
- By: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance20
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Story20
Slave Girls, a new series by bestselling author Louise Allen, reveals a shocking modern-day scandal of County Lines–the single most dangerous form of systematic child abuse prevalent today.
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Fantastic book!
- By Tori Walkinton on 21-02-26
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Slave Girls: Candice
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Series: Slave Girls
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 11-12-25
- Language: English
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Sold to Be a Wife
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall150
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Performance131
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Story129
Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage. To her family's fury, Shazia is sent to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley whilst social services investigate. But with Shazia denying everything and social services unable to find any evidence to support the teacher's fears, Shazia is allowed to return home.
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Well written and engaging
- By Lauren on 23-09-19
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Sold to Be a Wife
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 20-09-18
- Language: English
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Unspeakable
- Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice
- By: Jessica Willis Fisher
- Narrated by: Jessica Fisher
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance20
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Story20
Read by the author. Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith. Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled...
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Incredible
- By Readyforcoffee on 26-11-25
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Unspeakable
- Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice
- Narrated by: Jessica Fisher
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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Keri 2
- Child Abuse True Stories, Book 2
- By: Kat Ward
- Narrated by: Bridget Thomas
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
This second volume of Kat Ward’s sensational autobiography covers her plight as she grew in stature, and began to challenge the authority structures that had ruled over her young life so cruelly up until that point.
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Totally disturbing
- By super gran on 09-01-26
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Keri 2
- Child Abuse True Stories, Book 2
- Narrated by: Bridget Thomas
- Series: Child Abuse True Stories, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 17-12-24
- Language: English
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Girl Alone
- Joss came home from school to discover her father’s suicide. Angry and hurting, she’s out of control.
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall252
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Performance220
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Story218
Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never gotten over it. This is the true story of Joss, 13 who is angry and out of control. At the age of nine, Joss finds her father’s dead body. He has committed suicide. Then her mother remarries and Joss bitterly...
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Superb!
- By Linda jauncey on 14-09-15
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Girl Alone
- Joss came home from school to discover her father’s suicide. Angry and hurting, she’s out of control.
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-09-15
- Language: English
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Saving Danny
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall177
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Performance152
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Story153
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...
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Another great book
- By Mary Jackson on 27-10-16
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Saving Danny
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 12-03-15
- Language: English
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No Going Home
- My True Story of Childhood Abuse and Escape
- By: Toni Maguire
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance28
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Story28
Daisy-May Jones was four years old when she was told by her parents the family was moving halfway across the world to Australia for a better life. Leaving everything behind, including her beloved grandparents, Daisy-May spent a happy and secure few years adapting to a new life. But after the breakdown of her parent's marriage, she stepped into a nightmare as her mother introduced a new step-father to her and her disabled brother.
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Heartbreaking on so many levels
- By Rachel on 12-02-26
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No Going Home
- My True Story of Childhood Abuse and Escape
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-01-22
- Language: English
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No One to Save Me
- My true story of child sexual abuse, abandonment, neglect and a mother’s betrayal. This is how I survive
- By: Melissa Jordan
- Narrated by: Eleanor Shannon
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance18
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Story18
Imagine being an innocent seven-year-old girl with a broke, single mum. Now imagine your mum meets a man who can give her a nice house and a better life in exchange for you. That’s what happened to me. For years, I suffered neglect and psychological and sexual abuse from him, with my mum being a silent witness. When I was finally able to get rid of him and escape, I didn’t know that my life was only going to get worse.
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Beautifully written and narrated
- By Onia Fox on 12-05-21
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No One to Save Me
- My true story of child sexual abuse, abandonment, neglect and a mother’s betrayal. This is how I survive
- Narrated by: Eleanor Shannon
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 24-03-21
- Language: English
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Too Scared to Cry
- And Other True Stories from The Nation's Favourite Foster Carer
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall112
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Performance97
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Story96
Maggie Hartley is one of the UK's most prolific foster mothers. These heartwarming and inspiring short stories show the power of a foster mother's love, and her determination to help the children who come into her care. Includes 'Too Scared to Cry', 'The Girl No One Wanted' and 'A Family for Christmas'.
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Loved it!
- By Linda jauncey on 27-06-20
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Too Scared to Cry
- And Other True Stories from The Nation's Favourite Foster Carer
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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Cupboard Boy: A Shockingly True Story of Horrific Child Abuse
- The PT Saunders Story, Book 1
- By: P.T. Saunders
- Narrated by: Paul Winter
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance44
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Story44
Under the cover of anonymity, Paul Saunders courageously tells his shockingly true story of how he and his stepsiblings were repeatedly abused by their mother and stepfather. It doesn’t make “easy” listening, but living through it wasn’t fun, either.
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a well written story although very sad
- By Marie Richardson on 17-01-21
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Cupboard Boy: A Shockingly True Story of Horrific Child Abuse
- The PT Saunders Story, Book 1
- Narrated by: Paul Winter
- Series: The PT Saunders Story, Book 1
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-06-20
- Language: English
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Eden's Story
- Thrown Away Children, Book 3
- By: Louise Allen, Theresa McAvoy
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall76
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Performance71
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Story70
Ashley is a young single mum raising her daughter, Eden, and working hard to do the very best job she can - until one night she can't find a babysitter and makes the decision to leave Eden home alone for a couple of hours, asleep inside a wardrobe. It is an action that begins a terrible downward spiral for both of them. When Eden arrives at experienced foster carer Louise Allen's home, she has entered the care system because her mother is in prison. Eden is five years old and will not speak to any human.
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Dissipointed
- By Olga Moore on 20-08-25
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Eden's Story
- Thrown Away Children, Book 3
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Series: Thrown Away Children, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 09-09-21
- Language: English
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Behind Closed Doors
- Neglected and abandoned. The true story of a little girl who holds the secret to a terrible crime.
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall138
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Performance127
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Story126
Foster carer Maggie Hartley is finally enjoying a well-earned holiday from fostering, savouring time with her brand-new baby granddaughter. One night, though, the peace and quiet is interrupted by an urgent call from Social Services. A man has been stabbed, and Social Services need to find an emergency placement for his little girl. Maggie is used to children arriving on her doorstep at all times of the day and night, but nothing can prepare her for the sight of 11-year-old Nancy.
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Narration boring
- By Nic on 05-02-22
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Behind Closed Doors
- Neglected and abandoned. The true story of a little girl who holds the secret to a terrible crime.
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-01-22
- Language: English
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My Mother, Munchausen's and Me
- A True Story of Betrayal and a Shocking Family Secret
- By: Helen Naylor
- Narrated by: Helen Naylor
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall251
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Performance233
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Story234
Ten years ago, Helen Naylor discovered her mother, Elinor, had been faking debilitating illnesses for 30 years. After Elinor’s self-induced death, Helen found her diaries, which Elinor wrote daily for more than 50 years. The diaries reveal not only the inner workings of Elinor’s twisted mind and self-delusion, but also shocking revelations about Helen’s childhood. Everything Helen knew about herself and her upbringing was founded on a lie.
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Not sure I feel quite as sympathetic as I’m meant to
- By Louise Drayton on 16-12-21
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My Mother, Munchausen's and Me
- A True Story of Betrayal and a Shocking Family Secret
- Narrated by: Helen Naylor
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-11-21
- Language: English
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Twilight Children
- Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened
- By: Torey Hayden
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance43
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Story42
A light in the darkness for severely troubled children, former special education teacher Torey Hayden faced three of her most extraordinary challenges after she left the classroom. Nine-year-old Cassandra, kidnapped by her father and found starving, dirty, and picking through garbage cans - a child prone to long silences and erratic, violent behavior, whose hard-won recollections of the nightmare she endured could not be fully trusted.
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gripping
- By Anonymous on 18-04-19
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Twilight Children
- Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 28-01-14
- Language: English
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Is It My Fault Mummy?
- And other true stories from the nation's favourite foster carer
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall114
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Performance101
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Story101
'Is It My Fault Mummy?': seven-year-old Paris is trapped in a prison of guilt. Devastated after the death of her baby brother, Joel, Maggie faces one of her most heartbreaking cases yet as she tries to break down the wall of guilt surrounding this damaged little girl. 'A Desperate Cry for Help': 12-year-old Meg arrives at Maggie's after a fire destroys the children's home she's been living in. Traumatised by the fire and angry and vulnerable, having been put into care by her mother, Meg is lashing out at everyone around her.
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Incredibly naive fosterer!!
- By Treehugger on 11-04-21
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Is It My Fault Mummy?
- And other true stories from the nation's favourite foster carer
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 23-07-20
- Language: English
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Daddy's Little Soldier
- When Home Is a War Zone, Who Can Little Tom Trust?
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall92
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Performance78
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Story77
Having recently lost his mum to cancer, when eight-year-old Tom comes to live with Maggie, he is scared and alone. Tom has been taken into care following concerns from his teachers about his dad Mark's ability to cope as a single parent following the death of his wife. As a former soldier, Mark has resorted to his military training in order to cope with his young son, forcing him to scrub the floors until his hands bleed and perform repeated push-ups as punishment for his misdemeanors.
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relaxing read
- By rose on 14-10-25
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Daddy's Little Soldier
- When Home Is a War Zone, Who Can Little Tom Trust?
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-04-19
- Language: English
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Torn
- A terrified girl. A shocking secret. A terrible choice.
- By: Rosie Lewis
- Narrated by: Madeline Gould
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall87
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Performance73
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Story74
Experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis faces a battle to uncover the dark family secret that is tearing a family apart. Rosie is used to looking after children from difficult home situations, but she finds herself struggling when she agrees to take in Taylor and her younger brother, Reece, for a...
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Torn
- By Karen Morris on 02-03-16
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Torn
- A terrified girl. A shocking secret. A terrible choice.
- Narrated by: Madeline Gould
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 14-01-16
- Language: English
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Please Don't Take Mummy Away
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance46
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Story46
When police are called to a local supermarket late one evening, they find an angry shopkeeper and a silent young woman. It's the third time 24-year-old Zoe has been caught stealing in the past few days. Eyes filled with panic, Zoe has been hiding bread, milk, Calpol and nappies under her coat. As police officers break down the door of Zoe's flat they find seven-year-old Coco and two-year-old Lola, home alone, huddled on the floor in a freezing cold bedroom, crying out for their mummy.
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Made me cry 😢
- By super gran on 25-01-26
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Please Don't Take Mummy Away
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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Exploited
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Performance105
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Story104
Fourteen-year-old Hannah comes to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley after her mum pleads with Social Services to take her into care, unable to cope with her daughter anymore. Previously a good student, a loving daughter and sister, Hannah is now playing truant, drinking and taking drugs. Angry and mistrustful, it seems that nobody can reach this troubled teenager.
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Great read
- By Reeree on 10-12-20
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Exploited
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 16-04-20
- Language: English
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Mummy’s Little Soldier
- A troubled child. An absent mum. A shocking secret.
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance45
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Story44
Casey’s Unit is, as ever, full of troubled, disaffected pupils, and new arrival Leo is something of a conundrum. Thirteen year old Leo isn’t a bad lad – in fact, he’s generally polite and helpful, but he’s in danger of permanent exclusion for repeatedly absconding and unauthorised...
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Not for me
- By Miss Lynsey Isles on 22-06-16
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Mummy’s Little Soldier
- A troubled child. An absent mum. A shocking secret.
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 19-05-16
- Language: English
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