Tiny Prisoners: Two siblings trapped in a world of abuse. One woman determined to free them

Maggie Hartley

Oct 2017 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Penny MacDonald

About this audiobook

Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy, and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister have hardly set foot outside their own home. They have been prisoners, locked in a terrifying world of abuse, violence, and neglect. Maggie soon realizes that Evie and Elliot are lacking the basic life skills we all take for granted. The outside world terrifies them; the sound of the doorbell sends them into a panic that takes hours to abate. Gradually unlocking the truth of their heart-breaking upbringing, Maggie tells their shocking true story. From emotionally scarred and damaged little children, we see how-with warmth and dedication-Maggie transforms their lives. As this moving story unfolds, we share Maggie's joy when these children finally smile again, when they realize they do have a future after all.

Ratings and reviews

I loved this book so much. As a foster parent as well, the way she helped these 2 children is amazing, and I can't wait to try her methods.

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 couldn't cope with, Maggie helps children that are deemed "unadoptable" because of their behavior or the extreme trauma they've been through.

Predominantly a theater actress with a wide range of roles under her belt from Shakespeare to panto, new writing to musicals, Penny MacDonald's voice work includes radio plays, commercials, an audio Dr Who with Sylvester McCoy, the narration of animated films and, of course, many audiobooks.