
Will You Help Me?
Ralph’s true story of abuse, secrets and lies
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Narrated by:
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Penelope McDonald
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By:
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Maggie Hartley
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'Please help me,' he said in a small voice. 'Will you help me?'
Six-year-old Ralph has only been in the care system for three days and has already been rejected by three different foster carers. After hitting a teacher at his school and causing mayhem since he arrived four months ago, staff are unable to get a hold of his mum and her partner.
Social Services are called and when Ralph turns up at Maggie's house, she knows immediately it's going to be a challenge. Within a couple of hours, Ralph has trashed Maggie's house and spit on her face. After a nightmare first day though, Maggie notices that Ralph is limping and a hospital check reveals broken limbs and several injuries that are months and years old. Can Maggie help this troubled little boy who has been rejected by everyone in his life find his forever home?
From Britain's most-loved foster carer, a new powerful true story of abuse, family and hope.
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Amy's happy life changed forever when her mother suddenly passed. Abandoned by her family as they struggled to cope, she found herself facing hardships and exploitation alone, which eventually led to severe drug addiction at twelve years old. Now she shares what it was like to survive her new life in UK #1 bestselling author Toni Maguire's latest survivor story, Abandoned Child. This book, full of dark secrets and hard choices, follows Amy's journey from a victim to a fighter. The lesson? Change isn't easy, but it is worth it.
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The Resilience of the main character! Her ability to remain soft, feminine, and strong.
- By Dawn Rittmey on 04-05-25
By: Toni Maguire, and others
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Helpless
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy soon uncovers how dangerous their situation has truly become. Riley and his two little siblings, Jayden and Lola, are not safe at home. With all three children in her care, will Cathy be able to rebuild their lives – and Janie’s?
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the whole story
- By shel on 12-08-24
By: Cathy Glass
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An Innocent Baby
- Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May?
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denieca Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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When foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day-old baby, she is very concerned. The baby is coming to her straight from the hospital and will have no contact with her teenage mother, Haylea. Even more worrying, she will be brought to Cathy with a police escort, as it’s vital her extended family don't know where she is.
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C GLASS Books Still Influence in UK and Everywhere
- By Mary Burnight on 12-25-21
By: Cathy Glass
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Every 9 Minutes
- A Memoir
- By: Christina Vitagliano
- Narrated by: Paige Reisenfeld
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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With poignant prose and a deeply authentic personal story, this harrowing account exposes the stark and painful realities of childhood abuse, painting a heart-breaking picture of the lasting pain and fear that it inflicts on its victims. Spanning 30 years, in this coming-of-age memoir, author Christina Vitagliano recounts in vivid detail the frightening nights spent when her father loomed in the doorway of her bedroom, along with the psychological toll that the relentless familial abuse took on her psyche.
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Well written
- By Amazonbuyer on 12-24-23
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Where Was God?
- By: Jennifer Dawn Turpin
- Narrated by: Tonia Rich
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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As far as Jennifer can remember, her father was abusive but her mother wasn’t always. She remembers a time when she felt loved by her mother. All that changed when Jennifer was 11. Her mother snapped and became a monster like her father was. Then they turned on her. Jennifer fought to become who she wanted to be, and not who her parents were trying to make her be. She refused to allow the torture change her, like it changed her mother. This is the story of Jennifer’s past, how she got through it, and how she survived it all.
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my best friend jennifer turpin
- By J.R. Taylor on 08-10-24
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Let Me Go
- Abused and Afraid, She Has Nothing to Live for
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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Harley, 13, has been sectioned under the mental health act after attempting suicide. She was spotted climbing the railings on a footbridge that crossed a busy motorway and pulled to safety by a member of the public. After six weeks in hospital, social services are looking for a short-term placement so she can be kept safe while family therapy takes place. Harley has a family - a widowed mother and an older sister, Milly, who left home with her long-term boyfriend just over a year ago.
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Another heartfelt story; with greatly improved narration
- By Pink_flamingo on 08-09-20
By: Casey Watson
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A Terrible Secret
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy. Tilly arrives with a graze on her cheek, and Cathy becomes increasingly concerned by Dave’s behaviour, especially when she learns he has been showering Tilly with gifts. While she’s busy looking after Tilly and trying to keep her safe, Cathy is also worried about her own daughter, Lucy.
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Great, as always. Makes my heart hurt.
- By K. M. on 02-06-21
By: Cathy Glass
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Broken
- A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.
- By: Rosie Lewis
- Narrated by: Madeleine Gould
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home. Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year's Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the course, Archie said, 'The biscuits'. Social workers are concerned that Archie and Bobbi have been neglected.
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Sad story
- By JaneMcFaddenStephens on 05-19-19
By: Rosie Lewis
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Silent Child
- By: Toni Maguire
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Emily Smith was held in a prison of fear for 10 years. When she was four, her father left and a new man was brought into her life. He loved her, he kept telling her so, but the emotional and physical abuse she suffered at his hands were a daily nightmare. Until one day, after he crept into her bedroom, her life became unbearable. Emily found she was different in another way as her autism became more noticeable and punishments for her 'abnormal' behaviour more severe. Astonishingly, she managed to escape her home of hell, where she was abused right in front of her mother.
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shocking
- By Doretta Baer on 02-06-25
By: Toni Maguire
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Unsafe
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Damian is just seven when he is taken in by foster carer Cathy Glass. His mother, Rachel, loves her three young children dearly, but she is vulnerable, naïve and unable to cope on her own. Cathy sets about helping Damian overcome his eating issues, with the hope that he will eventually return home. But when Rachel’s new boyfriend, Troy, arrives on the scene, Cathy becomes deeply concerned. She soon realises that Damian and his siblings are in great danger.
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Always wonderful books
- By Susan Long on 04-27-25
By: Cathy Glass
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Spilled Milk
- Based on a True Story
- By: K.L. Randis
- Narrated by: K.L. Randis
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Brooke Nolan is a battered child who makes an anonymous phone call about the escalating brutality in her home. When social services jeopardize her safety, condemning her to keep her father's secret, it's a glass of spilled milk at the dinner table that forces her to speak about the cruelty she's been hiding. In her pursuit of safety and justice, Brooke battles a broken court system that pushes to keep her father in the home.
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Great story
- By Amazon Customer on 05-01-25
By: K.L. Randis
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- BEVERLY rEAD
- 09-03-24
just everything
so engrossing with constant desire to know more. perfect ending with stability for Ralph and his sisters
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- Karah Doiron
- 03-09-25
I have listened to all of Maggie’s books. This one had my tearing up at the end.
I love the imaginary in Maggie’s writing style. I feel as if she is telling me the story herself.
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- Danielley
- 08-23-24
resilience and compassion at its best
maggie is my ultimate favorite author- all of her books have been absolutely captivating. She is such a strong and resilient person and an incredible writer. This book, as all of her books are, was inspiring and honest- to the point that I completed it too quickly! (2 short days!). I would give it 10 stars if I could!
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- Bruce W DeBoyd Communications
- 12-09-24
Her compassion
This was a great book about a wonderful woman with the most compassion I have ever seen for a very sad little boy who endured so much in his short life.
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