Is It My Fault Mummy?: A heart-breaking and inspiring collection of true stories from the nation’s favourite foster carer

Maggie Hartley

Jul 2020 · Seven Dials · Narrated by Penny McDonald

About this audiobook

IS IT MY FAULT MUMMY?
Seven-year-old Paris is trapped in a prison of guilt. Devastated after the death of her baby brother, Joel, Maggie faces one of her most heartbreaking cases yet as she tries to break down the wall of guilt surrounding this damaged little girl.

A DESPERATE CRY FOR HELP
Twelve-year-old Meg arrives at Maggie's after a fire destroys the children's home she's been living in. Traumatised by the fire and angry and vulnerable, having been put into care by her mother, Meg is lashing out at everyone around her. Can Maggie reach this damaged little girl before it's too late? And before Meg's destructive behaviour puts Maggies life - and the lives of the other children in her care - at risk?
These heartwarming and inspiring short stories show the power of a foster mother's love, and her determination to help the children who come into her care.

True stories of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.

*Two of these stories have previously been published as individual ebooks*

Ratings and reviews

my heart is literally breaking. I can't understand how someone can be loving and understanding for a traumatized child who starts fires, but then loses patience and reprimands a child with obvious learning difficulties. how can we still live in such an ableist society in the 21st century. we need to do better.

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.