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Thrown Away Child

By: Louise Allen
Narrated by: Sarah Moule
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 FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Thrown Away Child is a memoir covering Louise Allen’s abusive childhood in a foster home, how she survived - using her love of art as a sanctuary - and how she hopes to right old wrongs now by fostering children herself and campaigning for the improvement of foster care services. It is a compelling and inspirational story. This book gives a voice to the many children who grew up unhappily in care.©2017 Louise Allen (P)2018 Simon & Schuster Audio Activists Politics & Activism Fostering Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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Makes me upset knowing this kind of behaviour still goes on behind
doors. Deffo recommend recommend this book.

Amazing strong person

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Louise is an inspiration. How she could go through so much abuse and still forgive is beyond me. How Barbara was allowed to foster and adopt is also beyond me. Social services, hospitals and schools failed Louise and poor William. Child abuse is everyone's responsibility to speak up and protect the vulnerable. So many turned a blind eye to what was happening it makes me sick. Thank goodness for Sean he sounds like an absolute gem. Despite what she has endured, Louise isn't perpetuating the abuse cycle unlike Barbara and is turning her trauma into positive ways to help others like her as sadly there are still far too many.

what a strong woman

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Sad Story But Beautiful wrote and Read Really enjoyed it and Will Read more from Louise Allen

Brilliant Narrator

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amazingly inspirational 👏,a very brave amazing louise and billy, well narrated. admittedly very very sad. an eye opener to the social care system. Well done Louise your one in a million. thankyou for sharing your incredible story

wow

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How can these despicable so called ‘carers’ get away with what they do - we can only hope they eventually rot in hell.

Heart wrenching

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A honest gritty and harrowing story of abuse in all its forms. ultimately a story of strength, understanding and in some ways forgiveness.

This story will stay with me and i thank the author for finding the courage to tell her story xx

absolutely brilliant

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what a story for Louise to be so brave about telling Sarahs voice was right for reading this dammed nightmare of a life for Louise and William. I couldn't stop listening till the very last word thank you Louise for letting us be part of your story. what a wonderful strong person you are x

heartbreaking

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I first read this book in paper back many years ago. I remembered it well
I wasn't aware it was the same book in audio firm.
I am so glad I continued to download it and listened.
Although harrowing at times I was able to understand it much more as I already knew that Louise came good in the end.
I recommend this book especially in audio because it gives you an insight into the pitfalls of the care system and how a little girl managed to crawl out from it.

A thrown away child that came good

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I am not sure i could show the compassion louise did towards her foster mother later on but was glad she was able to walk away at the end, with her head and heart at peace. No children should live through...if they survive...the painful abuse as Louise has but it reminds us of the amazing strength children somehow find in saving themselves, too often by themselves. Thank-you for sharing your story, Louise....

The strength to survive

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I really enjoyed this book because whilst is was about how a little girl was abused in many ways it also show the strength she had as she got older.

A harrowing life of a child

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