Denied a Mummy: The heartbreaking story of three little children searching for someone to love them

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Maggie Hartley

Denied a Mummy

The heartbreaking story of three little children searching for someone to love them

Maggie Hartley

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Trapeze
27 December 2018

True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; Adoption & fostering; Social work

When Maggie's latest placement arrives on her doorstep, the three young

siblings have clearly been through unspeakable traumas in their short

lives. Violent, malnourished and showing signs of sexualised behaviour,

the two brothers and their big sister have been left to fend for

themselves by their drug-addicted parents. Maggie must use all of her

skills and experience as a foster carer to help these damaged siblings

to learn to be children again. With much love, care and patience, their behaviour gradually starts to improve and social services

start looking for a forever family for them.

But alarm bells start to ring when Maggie meets the couple who have been matched to adopt the siblings. It is clear that they're looking for the perfect, ready-made family, and they're not going to get it with these vulnerable brothers and sister. Despite raising her concerns with social services, Maggie is powerless to prevent the adoption from going ahead and she must put aside her own fears to help the siblings settle in with their new parents. But she can't shake the feeling of dread as she waves them goodbye.

Six months later, Maggie's worst nightmares come true when she learns that the children have been handed back to the care of social services following the breakdown of the adoption. Maggie must fight to get the children returned to her, but is it too late to undo the damage that has been done?

By: Maggie Hartley
Imprint: Trapeze
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781409177098
ISBN 10: 1409177092
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 27 December 2018
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.