The Little Ghost Girl: Abused, starved and neglected, little Ruth is desperate for someone to love her...

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Maggie Hartley

The Little Ghost Girl

Abused, starved and neglected, little Ruth is desperate for someone to love her

Maggie Hartley

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Trapeze
28 February 2017

Biography; True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; Child abuse; Adoption

Ruth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie

Hartley's care. Pale, frail and withdrawn, it was clear to Maggie that

Ruth had seen and experienced things that no 11-year-old should have to,

that she's been conditioned to 'see no evil, speak no evil'. Ruth is in

desperate need of help, but can Maggie get through to her and unlock

the harrowing secret she carries?

Through love, reassurance and

patience, Maggie starts to unravel Ruth's painful past - a past defined

by cruelty and abuse by the very people who should have protected her.

Raised by a cruel stepmother and her father after her own mum abandoned

her, Ruth was abused, underfed and ignored, while her half-siblings

lived a life of luxury. It's up to Maggie to help Ruth find her voice; to be a ghost no more, and bring those who've harmed her to justice.

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

'Captivated from beginning to end' 5
* Amazon reader review

By: Maggie Hartley
Imprint: Trapeze
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781409165385
ISBN 10: 1409165388
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 28 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
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.