Exploited: A young girl trapped in a world of abuse and fear. Can the love of a foster mother set her free?

by Maggie Hartley

Overview

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.

Maggie is used to difficult teenagers, but Hannah's behaviour brings into question everything Maggie has ever learnt in all her years as a foster carer. Determined to push away everyone around her away, Hannah's life seems to be spiralling out of control. But when Hannah finally breaks down and confides a shocking secret to Maggie, the truth behind her chaotic behaviour is finally revealed.

Can Maggie help this vulnerable young girl overcome the trauma of what's happened to her and set her free from the demons that haunt her?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409197461
Publisher:	Orion Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/10/2021
Series:	A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.87(h) x 0.75(d)

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.

Table of Contents

A Message from Maggie viii

Introduction 1

1 Desperation 4

2 The Girl in the Picture 13

3 Best Behaviour 26

4 Clues 42

5 Closed Curtains 55

6 Pieces of the Puzzle 66

7 Disappearing Act 76

8 Rock Bottom 86

9 Hidden Secrets 99

10 Nowhere to Hide 112

11 Time for the Truth 122

12 Questions 133

13 The Fallout 145

14 Taking the Blame 158

15 Sanctuary by the Sea 171

16 Second Chances 189

17 Facing Fear 201

18 Justice 208

Epilogue 223

Afterword 227

Acknowledgements 229