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Stella's Story

Thrown Away Children, Book 1

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Stella's Story

By: Louise Allen
Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
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In her brand-new series Thrown Away Children, Louise Allen shares the harrowing stories she is exposed to as a foster mother. The first in the series, Stella's Story, tells the astonishing true story of a young girl scarred by an abusive past.

Named after the lager that christened her at birth, Stella's life is characterised instability and neglect. Her teenage mother abandons her in the first few weeks of her life, and left in the 'care' of her father, she ends up lying deserted in a house with no food, no water, no clothes and no warmth.

She eventually lands in the care of foster carer Louise, who is determined to change her life for the better. Things seem to be going well - but when Stella has a startling response to having her photo taken, it becomes clear the scars of her abuse run deeper than anyone could have ever guessed.

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The narrator was very easy to listen to. The story was great and I wanted to keep listening.

Interesting story and good narrator

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This was such a wonderful read, terrible things happened to poor Stella, but the wonderful Louise came into her life, tears of joy still fill my eyes ❤️

Tears of Joy

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My heart went out to Stella. Louise, handled Stellar with such love and care. I love Louise’s story telling.

Stellar story

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I loved everything about this story. I found myself waiting to be able to listen to the next chapter.

Shocking story, told with heart warming honesty

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I don’t often review, but this is a audio is a must to listen to not only the horrific story behind Stella story, the author and reader have done an amazing job
Unbelievable to think that this happens to innocent children it breaks your heart
Five stars for the ending of Stellas’ story

A must

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