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Behind Closed Doors
- Neglected and abandoned. The true story of a little girl who holds the secret to a terrible crime.
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Foster carer Maggie Hartley is finally enjoying a well-earned holiday from fostering, savouring time with her brand-new baby granddaughter. One night, though, the peace and quiet is interrupted by an urgent call from Social Services. A man has been stabbed, and Social Services need to find an emergency placement for his little girl. Maggie is used to children arriving on her doorstep at all times of the day and night, but nothing can prepare her for the sight of 11-year-old Nancy.
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I truly love a Good ending! Maggie you are an amazing woman.
- By Anonymous on 12-12-2023
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Behind Closed Doors
- Neglected and abandoned. The true story of a little girl who holds the secret to a terrible crime.
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-01-2022
- Language: English
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The Cutting Girl: Charlotte
- Slave Girls, Book 1
- By: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Charlotte—The Cutting Girl—comes from a family of high achievers. Her father is a politician, and her mother is a senior medical officer. When she moves from her prestigious boarding school she is groomed by a girl two years her senior, spiralling into a cycle of drugs, self-harm, and sexual abuse. When she goes missing, five other girls do, too. A nationwide media campaign sets out to track them down, but can Charlotte ever escape the gang behind the abduction and abuse?
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The Cutting Girl: Charlotte
- Slave Girls, Book 1
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Series: Slave Girls, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 16-10-2025
- Language: English
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Where Children Run
- By: Karen Emilson
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Twins David and Dennis Pischke's lives change forever when their father dies and a man damaged by the war arrives at their farm near the isolated town of Moosehorn, Manitoba. Boleslaw Domko quickly works his way into their lives and their mother's bed. Where Children Run opens with one of their earliest memories - the day Domko throws their infant stepsister against the wall. In this firsthand account, the twins recall years of neglect, starvation, and enslavement; horrific beatings and candlelit nights spent in the nearby St. Thomas Lutheran Church.
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Those poor children
- By Anonymous on 29-09-2025
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Where Children Run
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 18-12-2018
- Language: English
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Operation KidSafe
- A Detective's Guide to Child Abuse Prevention
- By: Kristi McVee
- Narrated by: Kristi McVee
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In Operation KidSafe, former detective and specialist child interviewer Kristi McVee shares her "must-have" tips, advice, and lessons acquired during her career as a police officer where she interviewed adult and child victims and investigated child sexual abuse cases.
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A must read for every parent
- By Emily Bishop on 13-10-2024
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Operation KidSafe
- A Detective's Guide to Child Abuse Prevention
- Narrated by: Kristi McVee
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 25-04-2023
- Language: English
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Trish Hinde: Not My Fault
- By: Trish Hinde, Ann Cusack
- Narrated by: Laura Brydon
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Trish Hinde, 35, was sexually abused by her father, Gerard King, from the age of six. Alone and scared, she internalised her trauma and began suffering from violent seizures. Her father took responsibility for her epilepsy care, even abusing her on hospital visits. Trish and her five siblings were neglected, often relying on neighbours for food and watching helplessly as bailiffs carried away their possessions. In her early teens, Trish was recklessly promiscuous and became a victim of child sexual exploitation, often finding herself in danger.
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Trish Hinde: Not My Fault
- Narrated by: Laura Brydon
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 21-11-2024
- Language: English
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I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance41
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Story41
In her new book, Cathy Glass, the number one best-selling author of Damaged, tells the story of the Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother. Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathy's house. Drug-dependent and mentally ill, but desperate to keep hold of her daughter, Alice's mother snatches her from her parents' house and disappears.
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Such a good story
- By Anonymous on 17-08-2025
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I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 18-12-2014
- Language: English
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The Hospital
- By: Barbara O'Hare
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall311
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Performance286
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Story285
Barbara was 12 when she was admitted to the psychiatric hospital Aston Hall in 1971. From a troubled home, she'd hoped she would find sanctuary there. But during her stay, Barbara was systematically drugged and abused by its head physician, Dr Kenneth Milner. Somehow, eventually, she started to campaign for answers. This is a shocking account of how vulnerable children were preyed upon by the doctor entrusted with their care.
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Totally Shocked
- By Salena on 04-02-2022
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The Hospital
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 25-01-2018
- Language: English
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A Man Named Dave
- A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness
- By: Dave Pelzer
- Narrated by: William DeMeritt
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself. These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Dave's father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality, denying him food and clothing, torturing him in any way she could imagine. This was the woman who told her son she could kill him any time she wanted to—and nearly did.
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A Man Named Dave
- A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness
- Narrated by: William DeMeritt
- Series: Child Called "It", Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 01-01-2025
- Language: English
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Cut: The true story of an abandoned, abused little girl who was desperate to be part of a family
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance61
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Story61
In her new book, the Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling author of Damaged tells the story of the Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her. Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever fostered. Sweet and seemingly well balanced girl, Dawn's outward appearance masked a traumatic childhood so awful, that even she could not remember it.
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Great story
- By Amy on 25-08-2024
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Cut: The true story of an abandoned, abused little girl who was desperate to be part of a family
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-06-2014
- Language: English
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Sold to Be a Wife
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance32
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Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage. To her family's fury, Shazia is sent to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley whilst social services investigate. But with Shazia denying everything and social services unable to find any evidence to support the teacher's fears, Shazia is allowed to return home.
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Sad but very easy listen
- By Anonymous on 30-01-2024
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Sold to Be a Wife
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 20-09-2018
- Language: English
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Groomed by a Gang
- By: Ann Cusack - contributor, Christina O'Connor
- Narrated by: Laura Brydon
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance8
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Christina O'Connor is the main prosecution witness from the Huddersfield Grooming scandal. In 2017, 11 men were convicted of a staggering 43 offences against her. In this memoir, Christina will describe how, from being a happy child with a loving family, she fell into the clutches of a grooming gang whose abuse of children earned them a total of 221 years in prison.
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The fear and torment these poor girls had to endure
- By Laura Walker on 13-06-2025
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Groomed by a Gang
- Narrated by: Laura Brydon
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 28-09-2023
- Language: English
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Marilyn's Story
- Thrown Away Children, Book 9
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Series: Thrown Away Children, Book 9
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 19-07-2024
- Language: English
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Pimped
- The Shocking True Story of The Girl Sold for Sex by Her Best Friend
- By: Samantha Owens
- Narrated by: Emma Swan
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance2
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By the age of 13, vulnerable Sheffield teenager Samantha Owens had fallen through the cracks in the care system. Bounced around numerous foster carers after her home life became too chaotic, Samantha thought she had found a friend in the streetwise Amanda Spencer. The older girl bought her clothes, styled her hair and found her places to stay. Samantha's welfare was the last thing on Spencer's mind, however, as in reality she was grooming the young girl for exploitation of the worst possible kind.
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What incredible strength for Samantha has had to write her story.
- By Anonymous on 27-05-2024
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My Life in His Hands: Based on a True Story
- The Sarah Rosmond Story, Book 1
- By: Sarah Louise Rosmond
- Narrated by: Julia Quayle
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Unfortunately, abuse happens everywhere and can come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, it can happen right in front of us, and we still won't see it, or maybe, we just choose to ignore it hoping that one day it will go away on its own. This is my true story about living with a monster - a monster whom only those in my household would have ever had the unfortunate chance to meet. The monster I called my daddy!
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Raw, Emotional & Engaging
- By Anonymous on 03-09-2023
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My Life in His Hands: Based on a True Story
- The Sarah Rosmond Story, Book 1
- Narrated by: Julia Quayle
- Series: The Sarah Rosmond Story, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 29-01-2021
- Language: English
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Not a Proper Child
- By: Elizabeth Sheppard, Nicky Nicholls
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance11
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Left as a newborn in a box outside Stoke City Football ground, her grandparents took her into their home. But instead of finding a sanctuary, Nicky was subjected to horrific sexual abuse throughout her childhood. In 1951, when Nicky was six years old, her glamorous-looking estranged mother arrived on the doorstep to 'rescue' her. But Nicky's hopes of a safe and loving family were very soon smashed, and her world became darker still.
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Heartbreaking and Beautiful
- By Elizabeth Wales on 06-03-2025
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Not a Proper Child
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 14-06-2019
- Language: English
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Taken
- By: Rosie Lewis
- Narrated by: Madeline Gould
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance25
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Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate. Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother’s substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosie’s loving care. Rosie is supposed...
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Amazing
- By Anonymous on 19-09-2024
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Taken
- Narrated by: Madeline Gould
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 26-01-2017
- Language: English
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Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection
- Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall60
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Performance52
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Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. The police and social services have no choice but to remove two-year-old Jamey from home after his mother leaves him alone all night to go out partying. When he first arrives with foster carer...
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Another excellent Cathy glass memoir
- By Amy on 31-01-2025
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Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection
- Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 17-02-2022
- Language: English
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Saving Danny
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance34
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The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him, and were sending him away. While Danny’s parents have everything...
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not as dramatic as some stories but still good
- By Jodie Blampied on 17-11-2021
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Saving Danny
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 12-03-2015
- Language: English
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The Forgotten Child
- The powerful true story of a boy abandoned as a baby and left to die
- By: Richard Gallear
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance83
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It’s a freezing winter’s night in 1954. A baby boy, a few hours old, is left by his mother, wrapped in nothing but two sheets of newspaper and hidden amongst the undergrowth by a canal bank. An hour later, a late-shift postman is walking wearily home when he hears a faint cry. He finds the newspaper parcel and discovers the newborn, white-cold and whimpering, inside. After being rushed to hospital and against all odds, the baby survives. He’s baptised by the hospital chaplain as Richard.
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Well told
- By Anonymous on 29-09-2023
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The Forgotten Child
- The powerful true story of a boy abandoned as a baby and left to die
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 21-03-2019
- Language: English
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A Sister's Shame
- The true story of little girls trapped in a cycle of abuse and neglect
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance34
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Foster carer Maggie Hartley is used to all manner of children arriving on her doorstep, but nothing can prepare her for sisters Billy and Bo when they arrive at her home. It is clear from the moment she sets eyes on them that four-year-old Bo and seven-year-old Billy have clearly been subjected to unimaginable neglect, and it takes all of Maggie's skills as a foster carer to try to connect with the volatile little girls, who seem far younger than their years.
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Fantastic Book by Maggie
- By Anonymous on 01-06-2023
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A Sister's Shame
- The true story of little girls trapped in a cycle of abuse and neglect
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 22-04-2021
- Language: English
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