The Little Ghost Girl: Abused Starved and Neglected. A Little Girl Desperate for Someone to Love Her

Maggie Hartley

Oct 2017 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Penny MacDonald

About this audiobook

Ruth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care. Pale, frail, and withdrawn, it was clear to Maggie that Ruth had seen and experienced things that no eleven-year-old should have to, that she's been conditioned to "see no evil, speak no evil." Ruth is in desperate need of help, but can Maggie get through to her and unlock the harrowing secret she carries? Through love, reassurance, and patience, Maggie starts to unravel Ruth's painful past-a past defined by cruelty and abuse by the very people who should have protected her. Raised by a cruel stepmother and her father after her own mum abandoned her, Ruth was abused, underfed, and ignored, while her half-siblings lived a life of luxury. It's up to Maggie to help Ruth find her voice; to be a ghost no more, and bring those who've harmed her to justice.

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 couldn't cope with, Maggie helps children that are deemed "unadoptable" because of their behavior or the extreme trauma they've been through.

Predominantly a theater actress with a wide range of roles under her belt from Shakespeare to panto, new writing to musicals, Penny MacDonald's voice work includes radio plays, commercials, an audio Dr Who with Sylvester McCoy, the narration of animated films and, of course, many audiobooks.