Battered, Broken, Healed
The true story of a mother separated from her daughter. Only a painful truth can bring them back together
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Narrated by:
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Penny McDonald
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By:
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Maggie Hartley
About this listen
When six-week-old Jasmine is placed with foster carer Maggie Hartley, Maggie is delighted to have a baby in the house again. Jasmine has been taken into care over fears for her safety after the police are called to the family's home several times following her birth. Her mother, Hailey, vehemently denies that anything is wrong, however, and social services allow her to have daily supervised visits with Jasmine.
Baby Jasmine is a joy to be around, but Maggie suspects that all is not quite as it seems with her mum. Maggie struggles to draw timid and extremely quiet Hailey out of her shell and fears that she may be suffering with postnatal depression.
Then one day Hailey arrives for the contact session with her hair streaked with blood and her body covered in bruises. Breaking down, a terrified Hailey admits that she is being abused by her violent husband and is too afraid to leave him.
Maggie realises that the only way mother and daughter will be reunited is if Hailey admits what's going on behind closed doors and leaves her husband. But after years of physical and psychological abuse, that's easier said than done....
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Please Don't Take My Baby
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story5 out of 5 stars 139
"I'm going to love my baby and give her lots of attention," Jade said. "I'll show my mum she's wrong." Jade, 17, is pregnant, homeless, and alone when she's brought to live with Cathy. Jade is desperate to keep her baby, but, little more than a child herself, she struggles with the responsibilities her daughter brings. Cathy is worried as soon as Jade arrives: she's never looked after a pregnant teenager before, but none of the mother-and-baby carers is free.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Absorbing Book with Outstanding Narration!
- By Mary Burnight on 09-08-16
By: Cathy Glass
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The Silent Witness
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A 12-year-old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in self-defence, she's been charged with his attempted murder. The girl is called Bella, and she's refusing to say anything. The trouble is that she is also the only witness....
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5 out of 5 stars
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must listen or read this book love love love love
- By diona tease on 10-16-17
By: Casey Watson
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A Baby's Cry
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 211
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 189
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Story5 out of 5 stars 189
What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy's care, and the potentially fatal family secret of his beginnings. When Cathy is first asked to foster one-day old Harrison her only concern is if she will remember how to look after a baby.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A baby's cry
- By Sandy Banfield on 02-12-18
By: Cathy Glass
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Forgotten
- By: Nicole Trope
- Narrated by: Susan Strafford
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
All Malia needed was a single litre of milk, and now she's surrounded by police and Zach has disappeared. Detective Ali Greenberg knows that this is not the best case for her - not with her history, but she has to get back to work at some point. Edna is worried about the new residents at the boardinghouse. She knows Mary would turn in her grave if she knew the kinds of people her son was letting in. And then there is someone else. Someone whose heart is broken.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- By Ann on 11-27-17
By: Nicole Trope
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The Affair
- A shocking story of a schoolgirl and a scandal
- By: Amanda Brooke
- Narrated by: Avita Jay
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 74
When Nina finds out that her 15-year-old daughter, Scarlett, is pregnant, her world falls apart. Because Scarlet won't tell anyone who the father is. And Nina is scared that the answer will destroy everything. As the suspects mount - from Scarlett's teacher to Nina's new husband of less than a year - Nina searches for the truth: no matter what the cost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Whodunnit with a Twist(s)
- By MarisaReads on 01-26-17
By: Amanda Brooke
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He Will Find You
- By: Diane Jeffrey
- Narrated by: Claire Trusson
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 290
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Story4 out of 5 stars 255
Kaitlyn Best is stuck in a rut. So when she discovers she's pregnant after a one-night stand with Alex, her school crush, she throws caution to the wind and accepts his offer to make a new life together in the depths of the Lake District, far from her home...and her demons. But Alex is not what he seems. And when Kaitlyn's world begins to crumble before her eyes, she realises she barely knows the man she has agreed to spend the rest of her life with.
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5 out of 5 stars
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OMG! Such a capturing story
- By Mike & Dakoda on 08-22-18
By: Diane Jeffrey
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Two Little Girls
- A Novel
- By: Laura Jarratt
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis, Ana Clements
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
When Lizzie’s car crashes with her two daughters inside, she faces a terrible choice. And when she recovers from her injuries, she must deal with the impact of that tragedy and the police investigation into it. As Lizzie and her family struggle to come to terms with the events of that night, things take an even darker turn. What exactly happened on that remote country road? Who is responsible? And can the family get through this together…or will the truth finally tear them apart?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ugh
- By Beth on 05-07-22
By: Laura Jarratt
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The Daughter
- By: Lucy Dawson
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,048
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,896
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,887
You lost your daughter. You will never forgive yourself. And now someone is determined to make you pay.... Seventeen years ago, something happened to Jess' daughter, Beth. The memory of it still makes her blood run cold. Jess has tried everything to make peace with that day, and the part she played in what happened. It was only a brief moment of desire...but she'll pay for it with a lifetime of guilt.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting enough to finish it, but...
- By ROBIN on 03-24-18
By: Lucy Dawson
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White Lies
- By: Lucy Dawson
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,815
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,214
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6,194
A darkly gripping domestic drama about secrets and lies. When you have everything, you have everything to lose.... Alexandra Inglis is a respected family doctor, trusted by her patients to keep their most intimate secrets. And if sometimes the boundaries between duty and desire blur...well, she's only human. But when Alex oversteps a line with Jonathan, one of her patients, she knows she's gone too far.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Kept me guessing!!
- By ROBIN on 05-26-18
By: Lucy Dawson
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Between You and Me
- A psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming
- By: Lisa Hall
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,012
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 939
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Story4 out of 5 stars 930
They say every marriage has its secrets. But no one sees what happens behind closed doors. And sometimes those doors should never be opened.... Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other. But they aren't happy. Sal cannot leave, no matter what Charlie does - no matter how much it hurts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Never Mind the Twist - read it because it's good.
- By MarisaReads on 06-19-17
By: Lisa Hall
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The Woman at 72 Derry Lane
- By: Carmel Harrington
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 774
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 708
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 704
On a leafy suburban street in Dublin, beautiful, poised Stella Greene lives with her successful husband, Matt. They're the perfect couple in every way, and Stella appears to have it all. Next door, at number 72, however, lives Rea Brady. Gruff, bad tempered and rarely seen besides the twitching of her net curtains, rumour has it she's lost it all...including her marbles, if you believe the neighbourhood gossip. But appearances can be deceiving, and when Stella and Rea's worlds collide they realise they have much in common.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So much emotion, I was not prepared
- By RedLady on 08-29-18
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The Bright Side Running Club
- By: Josie Lloyd
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
When Keira first receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she never expects to end up joining a running group with three women she’s only just met. Totally blindsided, all she can think about is how she doesn’t want to tell her family or step back from work. Nor does she want to be part of a group of fellow cancer patients. Cancer is not her club. And yet it’s running - hot, sweaty, Lycra-clad running in the company of brilliant, funny women all going through treatment - that unexpectedly gives Keira the hope she so urgently needs.
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2 out of 5 stars
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depressing
- By Jessica on 09-15-22
By: Josie Lloyd
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Broken
- A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.
- By: Rosie Lewis
- Narrated by: Madeleine Gould
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home. Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year's Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the course, Archie said, 'The biscuits'. Social workers are concerned that Archie and Bobbi have been neglected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sad story
- By JaneMcFaddenStephens on 05-19-19
By: Rosie Lewis
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Sister Sister
- A truly absorbing psychological thriller
- By: Sue Fortin
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 837
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 754
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 753
Alice: beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar. Clare: intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous. Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life. Alice thinks Clare is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family. One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac. Two sisters. One truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, that was intense!
- By Wayne on 04-21-17
By: Sue Fortin
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Open Your Eyes
- By: Paula Daly
- Narrated by: Emma Fenney
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
Jane Campbell avoids confrontation at all costs. Given the choice, she'll always let her husband, Leon, a best-selling thriller author, fight their battles. She'd prefer to focus on the good things in life: precious days with her two young children, a steady and loving marriage, their mischievously playful cat Bonita, and her fulfilling job as a creative-writing teacher. In Jane's eyes, life is altogether sweeter than any individual bump in the road. But when Leon suffers a brutal attack, Jane has to finally face reality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally a book that held my interest
- By PollyAnna2 on 10-13-18
By: Paula Daly
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- Peter
- 07-15-20
Just Brilliant and Informative!!!
This is my 2nd Maggie Hartley book in less than 3 week’s and I am about to buy another! If you are a foster parent or adoptive parent, her books are “must reads”, you will learn so much in a short space of time on how to prepare for and make your journey with vulnerable kids and their care a time of healing and transformation for all involved. Her books are truly a masterclass in fostering love !!!
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- Jackie Marie
- 05-25-18
Maggie Hartley is the best!!
I absolutely love each and every Maggie Hartley book I read or listen to!! This book doesn’t disappoint, another great book by one of my favorite authors!!
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- Pam
- 07-04-18
Love to hear about Maggie
I enjoy the story and learning how foster care works.
I have a hard time putting them down once I start.
would recommend. Good read keeps the mind intriged.
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- BEVERLY rEAD
- 09-07-24
storyline
all of it was just very entertaining and engrossing. Did not have any boring moments.
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- Jennifer G.
- 12-26-18
Another amazing story and narration!
Honestly between the writing and the narrator, I feel like I am sitting at the kitchen table having a coffee with a friend. Every story grips me from beginning to end, which always comes too soon. I have listened to all of her books, most of which in one day. Cannot get enough!
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- Cheryl lockhart
- 05-08-20
loved
couldn't put it down once I started reading
definitely a 5 star book thank you maggie
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