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Terrified

Angela HartSeries: Tales of Life as a Foster Carer
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Year
2016
Language
English
Publisher
Pan Macmillan

About

What lengths would you go to to save a troubled little girl?

A Sunday Times bestseller, Terrified is a deeply personal memoir from foster carer Angela Hart.

It tells the emotionally devastating but ultimately uplifting true story of Vicky, a little girl who arrives on Angela's doorstep unwanted and unloved after suffering years of emotional abuse at the hands of her mother. Desperate never to return home, Vicky is haunted by many demons and waking nightmares.

A tearjerking true story, Terrified is Angela's moving account of her determination to set Vicky free.

'A no holds barred insight into the reality of looking after someone else's children' – Casey Watson, author of Little Girl Lost

'A moving story that testifies to the redemptive power of love. I hope Angela Hart inspires many others to foster' – Torey Hayden, author of One Child

Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in The Girl and the Ghosts and The Girl in the Dark. The Sunday Times bestseller, a true story of trauma, determination and strength from foster mum Angela Hart. Angela Hart, who writes under a pseudonym, is a specialist foster carer for children with complex needs. Along with her husband Jonathan she has fostered more than fifty children. Her books The Girl Who Wanted to Belong, Terrified and The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved were top ten Sunday Times bestsellers.
"Angela Hart gives a no holds barred insight into the reality of looking after someone else's children. A remarkable story from a remarkable woman, it brought back a lot of memories for me" -Casey Watson, Sunday Times bestselling author of Little Girl Lost

"A moving story that testifies to the redemptive power of love. I hope Angela Hart inspires many others to foster" -Torey Hayden, Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child

"A true tear-jerking tale of love and compassion" -Sunday Mirror Section - 1: 'What have we done?' Section - 2: 'I'm not staying long' Section - 3: 'She was always there for me' Section - 4: 'My mum frightened me' Section - 5: 'I had to lie to keep myself' Section - 6: 'STOP! I'M GETTING OUT...!' Section - 7: 'She made me watch' Section - 8: 'Vicky can go to hell!' Section - 9: 'You're the biggest mistake I ever made' Section - 10: 'I don't want to know about Vicky' Section - 11: 'It's too much to take' Section - 12: 'You don't know how much she terrified me' Section - 13: 'When I was living with her I had to be resourceful' Section - 14: 'My head hurt a lot when I was little' Section - 15: 'I don't want to talk about it or think about it or ANYTHING!' Section - 16: 'It was our mum who did this' Section - 17: 'It's not fair! It's torture!' Section - 18: 'I used to live in a scary house' Section - 19: 'Everything is different' Section - i: Epilogue

Related Subjects

  • Memoirs
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Adoption & Fostering
  • Family & Relationships
  • Survival
  • Women
  • Child Abuse
  • Abuse

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  • SeriesTales of Life as a Foster Carer #1

    Reviews

    "Angela Hart gives a no holds barred insight into the reality of looking after someone else's children. A remarkable story from a remarkable woman, it brought back a lot of memories for me"
    Casey Watson, Sunday Times bestselling author of Little Girl Lost
    "A moving story that testifies to the redemptive power of love. I hope Angela Hart inspires many others to foster"
    Torey Hayden, Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child
    "A true tear-jerking tale of love and compassion"
    Sunday Mirror

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    Angela HartAuthor