One Child Audiobook By Torey Hayden, Kati Nicholl (abridged by) cover art

One Child

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One Child

By: Torey Hayden, Kati Nicholl (abridged by)
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
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This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential.

Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation – except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare – and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together – an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.

©2012 Torey Hayden (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Children's Health Parenting & Families Relationships
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Critic reviews

‘Torey Hayden deserves the kind of respect I can’t give many people. She isn’t valuable, she’s incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden.’ – Boston Globe

‘It has been a long time since you have read a book with the sheer emotional impact of One Child.’ – New York Times

‘Page after page proves again the power of love and the resiliency of life.’ – Los Angeles Times
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I love to read about difficulty being over come and not replacing sadness. Torey Hayden’s books are incredible and her work with children is so vital. I can read enough of them.

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