Description: Sold To Be A Wife by Maggie Hartley Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A powerful, moving true story from Sunday Times bestseller Maggie Hartley, Britains most-loved foster carer. Perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Toni Maguire. Publisher Description Fourteen-year-old Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenagers family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage. To her familys fury, Shazia is sent to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley whilst social services investigate. But with Shazia denying everything and social services unable to find any evidence to support the teachers fears, Shazia is allowed to return home. But a few weeks later, Maggie is woken up in the middle of the night by a phone call from a terrified Shazia, who has managed to escape the family home through a window. Sobbing, she confesses to Maggie that her parents are planning to send her to Pakistan to be married in a few days, and have threatened to kill her if she speaks out again. Returned to Maggies care, Shazia is petrified that her parents will track her down and kill her, and Maggie must be on constant alert. But the worst is yet to come when it emerges that Shazia is the victim of FGM. Can Maggie help this damaged and traumatised young girl understand what has happened to her and to find a way to heal?A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years.Ive always enjoyed Maggie Hartleys fostering stories, but this is without doubt her best 5* Amazon reader review Author Biography Maggie Hartley has fostered more than 300 children while being a foster carer for over twenty years. Taking on the children other carers often cant cope with, Maggie helps children that are deemed unadoptable because of their behaviour or the extreme trauma that theyve been through. Shes 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. Details ISBN 1409177068 ISBN-13 9781409177067 Title Sold To Be A Wife Author Maggie Hartley Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 256 Publisher Orion Publishing Co GE_Item_ID:123729073; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Location: Calgary, Alberta
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ISBN-13: 9781409177067
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Book Title: Sold to Be a Wife : Only a Determined Foster Carer Can Stop a Terrified Girl from Becoming a Child Bride
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, The Limited
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Abuse / Child Abuse, General, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Women's Studies, Adoption & Fostering, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Genre: Family & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 8.6 Oz
Author: Maggie Hartley
Item Length: 8 in
Book Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story Ser.
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
