Taken
By (Author) Rosie Lewis
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
10th February 2017
26th January 2017
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
True stories of survival of abuse and injustice
Adoption and fostering
Child welfare and youth services
Addiction and therapy
Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems
Child, developmental and lifespan psychology
Family law: children
Child care and upbringing: advice for parents
Social work
362.733092
Paperback
304
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
210g
Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate.
Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mothers substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosies loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new permanent home, but it turns out that Megan has already found her forever mummy in Rosie.
Rosie grows incredibly attached to Megan and applies to adopt her, but the system refuses her in favour of a young couple and Rosie is devastated. Against all her instincts, Rosie does her job and prepares Megan for her new forever family, but everything about Megan leaving feels wrong.
When Rosie learns a few months later that Megans adoption has broken down, she is saddened but also filled with hope will this little girl be allowed to return to her true forever home
Rosie Lewis is a full-time foster carer. She has been working in this field for over a decade. Before that, she worked in the special units team in the police force. Based in northern England, Rosie writes under a pseudonym to protect the identities of the children she looks after.