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  • Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

    by Cathy Glass ...
    Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way …Damian is just seven when he is taken in by foster carer Cathy Glass. His mother, Rachel, loves her three young children dearly, but she is vulnerable, naive and unable to cope on her own.Cathy sets about helping Damian overcome his eating issues, with the hope that he will eventually return home. But when Rachel’s new boyfriend, Troy, arrives ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • From Ireland With Love

    A romantic, heart-warming and totally uplifting read

    by Liz Hurley ...
    Book 4 - The Hiverton Sisters
    ‘A well written, funny and charming tale…Liz Hurley writes with intelligence and humour.’ Reader ReviewEscaping everything she knows could be all that she needsNick Byrne knows she’s the sensible one of the five Hiverton sisters. Independent, motivated, and successfully running her own business - she has never settled for anything less. And certainly, never used her family estate to give her a leg ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Child Bride

    by Cathy Glass ...
    Cathy Glass, international bestselling author, tells the shocking story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from her family.When 14 -year-old Zeena begs to be taken into care with a non-Asian family, she is clearly petrified. But of what?Placed in the home of experienced foster carer Cathy and her family, Zeena gradually settles into her new life, but misses her little brothers and ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Sold To Be A Wife

    Only a determined foster carer can stop a terrified girl from becoming a child bride

    by Maggie Hartley ...
    series A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
    The powerfully moving new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Maggie Hartley.Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage.To her family's fury, Shazia is sent to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley whilst social services investigate. ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • I Want My Daddy

    by Casey Watson ...
    A 5-year-old boy, Ethan, is brought to Casey in the middle of the night after the sudden death of his young mother after a drug overdose.Estranged from her parents, Ethan’s mum had been abused by her ex-partner, and began taking drugs to cope. Ethan is obviously lost and bewildered, and regularly wakes up screaming for his mum in the night. He begins to lash out at other kids at school and his ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD $4.99 AUD

  • Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection

    by Cathy Glass ...
    Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency.The police and social services have no choice but to remove two-year-old Jamey from home after his mother leaves him alone all night to go out partying.When he first arrives with foster carer Cathy Glass, he is scared, hungry and withdrawn, craving the affection he has been denied for so long. He is ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • Sky's Story

    by Louise Allen ...
    series Thrown Away Children
    When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by troubled parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster carer Louise's home, neglected, malnourished, and indoctrinated. Louise had to draw on all of her experience as one of Britain's leading foster ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

  • Too Scared To Cry

    And other true stories from the nation's favourite foster carer

    by Maggie Hartley ...
    series A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
    A heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis. Contains previously published stories Too Scared To Cry, The Girl No One Wanted and A Family For Christmas - brought together in this heartwarming and inspiring collection for the first time.*****Maggie Hartley is one of the UK's most prolific foster mothers. This inspiring ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Who Will Love Me Now?

    Neglected, unloved and rejected. A little girl desperate for a home to call her own.

    by Maggie Hartley ...
    series A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
    Sunday Times bestselling foster carer Maggie Hartley faces one of the toughest challenges of her career when she is forced to choose between two children in her care. A heartbreaking true story perfect for fans of Cathy Glass, Casey Watson, Angela Hart and Rosie Lewis.*******THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAt just ten years old, Kirsty has already suffered a lifetime of heartache and suffering.* ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • Skin Deep: All She Wanted Was a Mummy, But Was She Too Ugly to Be Loved?

    by Casey Watson ...
    Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved.‘Am I ugly, Mummy?’ are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into their lives on a hot August afternoon. She has a Barbie doll in one hand and a pink vanity case in the other and the bemused Watsons can only stare in amazement at this tiny eight year old girl who is ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Battered, Broken, Healed

    A mother separated from her daughter. Only a painful truth can bring them back together

    by Maggie Hartley ...
    series A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
    A new challenge faces foster carer Maggie Hartley: this time it's not a child that's at risk, it's her mother. Can Maggie help Hailey to escape her abusive husband, and reunite her with her baby daughter? A heartbreaking true story perfect for fans of Cathy Glass, Casey Watson, Angela Hart and Rosie Lewis**.*******A TRUE STORY BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MAGGIE HARTLEYWhen six-week-old ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • Healing for Adults Who Grew Up in Adoption or Foster Care

    Positive Strategies for Overcoming Emotional Challenges

    by Renee Wolfs ...
    Translated by Kate Eaton ...
    Positive and practical, this guide is designed to offer a route to recovery from grief and loss after adoption or long-term foster care.Children growing up in adoptive families or foster care often have complicated feelings about the loss of their birth parents - feelings which become all the more complex as they gain independence and become young adults, and which can endure throughout their ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD

  • Cuckoo in the Nest

    as featured on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour

    by Fran Hill ...
    A Daily Mail Book of the Year 'A warm and wonderful story' Adele Parks 'Illuminating and tender' WI Life magazineIt’s the heatwave summer of 1976 and 14-year-old would be poet Jackie Chadwick is newly fostered by the Walls. She desperately needs stability, but their insecure, jealous teenage daughter isn't happy about the cuckoo in the nest and sets about ousting her.When her attempts to do so ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Silenced: The shocking true story of a young girl too afraid to speak

    by Rosie Lewis ...
    A family with a dark secret.A child who refuses to speak.Rosie must help her before it’s too late.Nine-year-old Caitlin has a secret, but she cannot tell anyone about it. When her mother is sectioned under the Mental Health Act she and her three siblings have to go and live with her grandmother Julie and grandad Ryan.Caitlin finds her new living conditions challenging: cat poo on the carpet, ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD $7.99 AUD

  • Tiny Prisoners

    Two siblings trapped in a world of abuse. One woman determined to free them.

    by Maggie Hartley ...
    series A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
    Aged just two and three years old, Evie and Elliot have experienced a lifetime of abuse and neglect.Scrawny, filthy and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep, these young siblings have hardly set foot outside their own home. They have been prisoners, locked in a terrifying world of abuse and violence.Maggie soon realises that Evie and Elliot are lacking ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • The Invisible Girl

    The True Story of an Unheard Voice

    by Torey Hayden ...
    From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes The Invisible Girl, a deeply moving true account of a young teen with a troubling obsession and an extraordinary educational psychologist's sympathy and determination.Eloise is a vibrant and charming young teen with a deeply caring nature, but she also struggles with a troubling obsession. She’s been moved from ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD $12.99 AUD

  • Moving Fostering Memoirs 2-Book Collection

    by Casey Watson, Rosie Lewis ...
    Trapped, the first in a series of highly anticipated new titles from foster carer Rosie Lewis, plus The Boy No One Loved, the first title in the bestselling series from foster carer Casey Watson, now combined into a single eBook-only volume.Trapped is story of Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl who is taken into police protection after a chance comment to one of her teachers alerts the ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The Boy Who Built a Wall Around Himself

    Illustrated by Kara Simpson ...
    by Alison Redford ...
    Boy built a wall to keep himself safe. Behind it he felt strong and more protected. Then Someone Kind came along. She bounced a ball, sang and painted on the other side of the wall, and Boy began to wonder if life on the other side might be better after all.Written for children aged 4 to 9, this gentle full-colour picture book uses a simple metaphor to explain how children who have had painful or ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • A Sister's Shame

    by Maggie Hartley ...
    series A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
    A heartbreaking, powerful true story from Sunday Times bestseller, Maggie Hartley, Britain's most-loved foster carer. Perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Casey Watson.Foster carer Maggie Hartley is used to all manner of children arriving on her doorstep, but nothing can prepare her for sisters Billy and Bo when they arrive at her home. It is clear from the moment she sets eyes on them four-year ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Little Fires Everywhere

    'Outstanding' Matt Haig

    by Celeste Ng ...
    A MAJOR AMAZON PRIME TV SERIES'Just read it . . . Outstanding' Matt Haig'To say I love this book is an understatement . . . It moved me to tears' Reese Witherspoon'Beautifully written, completely charming, and extremely wise on the subject of adolescence and influence' Nick HornbyEveryone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the las... ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • The Real Katie Lavender

    by Erica James ...
    A secret that changed everything...**'**A great big romantic, emotional and involving read' Woman & Home*'*With marvellous writing, eccentric characters and a great plot, this has it all' Closer'This will make you giggle and weep in equal measure' WomanKatie Lavender has always thought she was pretty unshockable, until a year after her mother's death she receives a letter from a so... ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Tuscan Rose

    by Belinda Alexandra ...
    A big, luscious, can't-put-it-down saga from bestseller Belinda Alexandra, a story of tragedy, romance and mystery, set against the beauty of Florence in the terrifying years of Mussolini.A tale of sacrifice and reward, of beauty and horror ... and of redemption.A mysterious stranger known as 'the Wolf' leaves an infant with the sisters of Santo Spirito. A tiny silver key hidden in her wrappings ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crying for Help: The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past

    by Casey Watson ...
    The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad past. Sophia’s actions are disturbing and provocative and, before long, Casey and her family find themselves in a dark and dangerous situation.Two years ago Sophia’s mother had a terrible accident. Sophia ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

  • A Baby’s Cry

    by Cathy Glass ...
    What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy’s care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings.When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD