Too Scared to Cry: A True Short Story

Maggie Hartley

Mar 2016 · Sold by Orion

About this ebook

Brothers Ben and Damien are shockingly quiet when they arrive on Maggie's doorstep. They don't shout or play like normal three and four year olds. They hardly dare make a sound, so much have they been conditioned to be 'seen and not heard' by their mother and controlling stepfather.

More disturbingly, their little baby half-brother Noah is completely unresponsive. He doesn't play, he doesn't smile, he doesn't crawl - he doesn't even cry. In a state of blankness brought about by emotional neglect, poor baby Noah is disconnected from the world. Maggie has never seen such a young life so affected before. Yet with time, love and care, Maggie gradually unpicks what has caused this terrible void. With love and affection, they are no longer scared to be themselves.

A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.

'Such a beautiful book' 5* Amazon reader review

Ratings and reviews

I'm confused.. I just finished reading the previous book about Ruth and she is mentioned in the beginning of this one as having just left Maggie's care to go live with her birth mother. Then it says that the only children she currently has in her home are Oliver and Kate (who is 17 and just announced her pregnancy) when in the previous book, she had 2 girls, Louisa,15, and Lily,7....so which is it?

Good read. Interesting and moved well.

this is an excellent books but all your books are amazing

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.