Where's My Mummy: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope
By (Author) Maggie Hartley
Orion Publishing Co
Seven Dials
2nd May 2023
16th February 2023
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Adoption and fostering
Adoption and fostering: advice and issues
362.733092
Paperback
240
Width 126mm, Height 194mm, Spine 22mm
220g
From Sunday Times bestseller and Britain's most-loved foster carer, Maggie Hartley, comes a new heartbreaking, powerful true story.
'Mum and Dad. Gone' asked Louisa. 'Yes,' I nodded. 'They're gone.' After a horrific car crash, thirteen-year-old Louisa is left fighting for her life in hospital. She wakes to find that her loving, happy family has been shattered overnight, with both of her parents now dead. With no one to care for her, Louisa is entirely alone. Britain's most-loved foster carer Maggie Hartley is called in to help Louisa cope with her devastating new life. Can Maggie find a way to bond with Louisa, overwhelmed with anger and grief Or will she regret making decisions that will affect both her and Louisa for the rest of their lives This is their powerful true story of love, family and connection.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.