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Is It My Fault Mummy?

A heart-breaking and inspiring collection of true stories from the nation’s favourite foster carer

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Is It My Fault Mummy?

By: Maggie Hartley
Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
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IS IT MY FAULT MUMMY?
Seven-year-old Paris is trapped in a prison of guilt. Devastated after the death of her baby brother, Joel, Maggie faces one of her most heartbreaking cases yet as she tries to break down the wall of guilt surrounding this damaged little girl.

A DESPERATE CRY FOR HELP
Twelve-year-old Meg arrives at Maggie's after a fire destroys the children's home she's been living in. Traumatised by the fire and angry and vulnerable, having been put into care by her mother, Meg is lashing out at everyone around her. Can Maggie reach this damaged little girl before it's too late? And before Meg's destructive behaviour puts Maggies life - and the lives of the other children in her care - at risk?
These heartwarming and inspiring short stories show the power of a foster mother's love, and her determination to help the children who come into her care.

True stories of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.

*Two of these stories have previously been published as individual ebooks* Abuse Child Abuse Dysfunctional Families Parenting & Families Relationships Heartfelt
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the narrator was really good the three short stories were interesting couldn't put the book down

good book with great narrator

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This was well written and easy to listen to. it opened my eyes up the challenges some children face and the great work done by foster carers and social workers in supporting children. I would be keen to listen to more

I really enjoyed it

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absolutely enjoyed it you really got into the story from the beginning you couldn't put it down

brilliant

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Like the computer game spiritfarer, Maggie is a guide, whilst she doesn't bring people through to death, she does take them over the bumps in life.

I didn't know that foster parents were on call. I didn't know they dealt with children whose parents were in hospital because of a sore back, or car accidents. However I did know they dealt with abandoned/neglected/difficult children.

I'm of two minds about Maggie. On the one hand the book is written in simple terms, she's not exactly creative with the vocabulary. She uses terms like X was genuinely. y must have been terrifying etc often. It is true that in spoken language we are limited to a tiny amount of the myriad of words we know. However, when writing we have carte blanche to be as bombastic and facetious as desired. On the other hand Maggie shows exceptional skill and intelligence in dealing with children through distraction and whilst she knows who did the fire, her fighting for the foster childs corner is the sort of action that turns kids round.

She's doing god's work

Maggie the spiritfarer

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What a fantastic read I can not wait to read more books like this I wish my foster parents where more like maggie

Great book

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