Daddy's Little Soldier

When home is a war zone, who can little Tom trust?

Maggie Hartley

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Trapeze
09 April 2019

True stories; Child abuse; Adoption & fostering; Social work

Quiet and polite, obsessively neat, clean and tidy, eight-year-old Tom

is unlike any child Maggie has ever fostered before. Tom has been taken

into care following concerns that his dad is struggling to cope after

the death of Tom's mum. At first, Maggie doesn't know what to make of

this shy, nervous little boy who never cries and is terrified of getting

dirty. But as Tom's cleaning rituals start to get more extreme, Maggie

fears that there's something more sinister going on beneath the surface.

When she meets Tom's dad Mark, a stern ex-soldier and strict

disciplinarian, it's clear that Tom's life at home without his mummy has

been a constant battlefield. Can Maggie help Mark to raise a son and not a soldier? Or is

little Tom going to lose his daddy too?

A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.

'Such a moving story' 5
* Amazon reader review

By: Maggie Hartley
Imprint: Trapeze
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Digital original
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 229g
ISBN: 9781409189022
ISBN 10: 1409189023
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 April 2019
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.