Tiny Prisoners: Two siblings trapped in a world of abuse. One woman determined to free them.
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When foster carer Maggie Hartley opens her door, two small children stand before her: Evie, aged two, and her brother Elliot, aged three. They are thin and grubby, and fear shows in every movement. Having barely been outside their home, they have spent their short lives shut away in a house marked by cruelty, violence and neglect. Maggie quickly discovers that they lack the everyday skills most of us take for granted. Even the ring of a doorbell can send them into a panic lasting hours.
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Over time the children begin to reveal what happened to them, and Maggie sets down their painful history in this account. The book follows how, through patience and steady care, she helps them recover, and how they slowly learn to laugh and to trust that a better life lies ahead. It is a true story of hope from a foster carer of more than twenty years.
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