Little Girl Lost: The true story of a broken child (HarperTrue Life A Short Read)
By (Author) Mia Marconi
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperTrue
27th April 2015
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Adoption and fostering
362.733092
Paperback
88
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 8mm
80g
The fourth in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi.
Kira first came to foster carer Mia Marconis home on respite care when she was three. She had suffered an unimaginable amount of abuse in her short life. Although she couldnt tie her shoe laces, she could smash a room to pieces; she fought against everything like a wild cat.
At the age of five Kira moved permanently to live with Mia and her family, but by the time she was nine years old the whole family was at breaking point.
Mia is the kind of person who wont give in and believes she can always change things for the better, but try as she might she cant change Kira. So after six years, with a very heavy heart, she is forced to question whether she can really help this lost and damaged child.
Raw, shocking and honest, this short story will shed new light on the role of foster carers, revealing the kind of heartbreaking real life situations carers like Mia Marconi are confronted with every day.
Mia Marconi has an Italian father and an Irish mother. She grew up in London and has been a foster carer here for over 20 years. During that time she has welcomed more than 250 children into her home.To protect the identities of people she is writing about she is using a pseudonym.