Little Abby was suddenly removed from her adopted family before herfourth birthday, and placed in foster care hundreds of miles from home -with no explanation.When foster mum Louise opens the front door, she experiences the firstuncomfortable shock: it's clear Abby has symptoms of foetal alcohol syndrome.Her challenging behaviour soon turns the household upside down.How can one six-year-old unleash such a whirlwind of emotional and physicaldevastation? Louise is about to find out - and to unwittingly discover thedarkness of incest, rejection and abuse in Abby's past.The second story in the 'Thrown Away Children' series by foster mum LouiseAllen.
Author Biography
An accomplished and emotive speaker, Louise Allen is becoming something of a spokesperson for foster children, foster parents, people recovering from abuse, and also on the subject of healing through art.She has recently launched campaigns against the privatisation of foster care.