Four Waifs on our Doorstep
eBook - ePub

Four Waifs on our Doorstep

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Four Waifs on our Doorstep

About this book

When no one cares, who will pick up the pieces of abused children’s lives?

At eleven o' clock one night in 1997, four hungry, damaged young children arrive on foster carers Trisha and Mike Merry's doorstep. Two social workers dropped them off with nothing but the ragged clothes they were wearing and no information. The children were covered in bruises, two had black eyes, one had a broken arm and they were all scratching themselves.

Starved, seriously neglected and abused in every way, four young siblings have been repeatedly overlooked by everyone who should have cared. The eldest scavenges for food by night and is exhausted from trying to protect his sisters, his baby brother and himself from serious parental neglect and the perilous attentions of frequent paedophile visitors.

From the start, these four children challenge Trisha and Mike to extremes. Despite all their experience over many years, they wonder if they have met their match. Yet, from that very first night, this couple's unbounded love and care and their unbelievable determination surmount all the obstacles that follow. The shocking truth about the children's home lives is beyond anything Trish and Mike have experienced, yet through their formidable efforts, their unshakeable belief in the children, and their (almost) unfailing sense of humour, they are able to turn around four young lives from tragedy to hope.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. 1. Four Hungry Waifs
  4. 2. Change of Plans
  5. 3. Bedlam
  6. 4. Bath-time Blues
  7. 5. Revelations
  8. 6. Fish and Chips
  9. 7. Knickerbocker Glory
  10. 8. Mary Poppins
  11. 9. Dicing with Death
  12. 10. Mum’s Boyfriends
  13. 11. Starting School
  14. 12. Whistleblowers
  15. 13. Telling Tales
  16. 14. A Dry Place on the Mattress
  17. 15. Fire! Fire!
  18. 16. Over My Dead Body!
  19. 17. The Freeing Order
  20. 18. Choosing Names
  21. 19. Christmas Capers
  22. 20. Knitting with Fog
  23. 21. Just a Joke
  24. 22. The Runaway
  25. 23. Making a Statement
  26. 24. The Pit Bull
  27. 25. A Devastating Allegation
  28. 26. Repercussions
  29. 27. Reaching Out
  30. 28. A Wary Reconciliation
  31. 29. Golden Wedding
  32. 30. Nemesis
  33. Epilogue
  34. Acknowledgements
  35. Copyright