Where's My Mummy? - Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope

From Sunday Times bestseller and Britain''s most-loved foster carer, Maggie Hartley, comes a heartbreaking, powerful true story. After a horrific car crash, two parents are left dead, and a young girl is fighting for her life in hospital. When 13-year-old Louisa wakes to find that her loving, happy family has been shattered overnight, she is forced to seek comfort in the arms of a stranger. But can Maggie find a way to bond with this teenager overwhelmed with anger and grief? And will she regret making a decision that will affect her and Louisa for the rest of their lives?...

About the author

Maggie Hartley has fostered more than 300 children while being a foster carer for over twenty years. Taking on the children other carers often can't cope with, Maggie helps children that are deemed 'unadoptable' because of their behaviour or the extreme trauma that they've been through. She's looked after refugees, supported children through sexual abuse and violence court cases, cared for teenagers on remand and taught young mums how to parent their newborn babies.

You can find her on Facebook at MaggieHartleyAuthor, where she would love to hear from you.

Product details

• Authors: Maggie Hartley, Hartley Maggie
• Publisher: Seven Dials
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781399606578
• ISBN: 978-1-399-60657-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 194 mm x 22 mm
• Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Adoption and fostering: advice and issues, Adoption and fostering