Don't Leave Me Here - Saskia's true story of secrets, kidnap and abuse

A powerful, moving true story from Sunday Times bestseller, Maggie Hartley, Britain''s most-loved foster carer What possesses a mum to kidnap her own child? That''s what Maggie asks herself when she''s asked to foster 13-year-old Saskia. Saskia has been the subject of a bitter custody battle between her parents, but when mum Rosa fears the courts are going to favour her ex-husband, James, she takes matters into her own hands. With Rosa facing criminal charges, and Saskia refusing to live with her dad, her future looks uncertain. Will Maggie be able to step in and discover the bombshell that has torn this family apart?

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: 14.08.2025
• EAN: 9781399629256
• ISBN: 978-1-399-62925-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 24 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; Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse, Family & relationships, Adoption & fostering, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Adoption and fostering, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs