23 must-read nonfiction books like Battered, Broken, Healed by Maggie Hartley

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Battered, Broken, Healed

By: Maggie Hartley

4.67

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A new challenge faces foster carer Maggie this time it's not a child that's at risk, it's her moth…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Battered, Broken, Healed by Maggie Hartley , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. The Saddest Girl in the World

By: Cathy Glass

4.38

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Minimal shelfwear. DJ has a crinkled upper spine and edge only flaw. No markings. Pages are clean a… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's The Saddest Girl in the World book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • fostering
  • true story
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
"Donna, like many children who come into care for similar reasons, had assumed the neglect and abuse she'd suffered were the norm. It was taking time for her to realize that the life she'd led wasn't …"

-Cathy Glass, The Saddest Girl in the World

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2. Another Forgotten Child

By: Cathy Glass

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Paperback

A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. Eight-year-old Ai… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Another Forgotten Child book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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3. Taken

By: Rosie Lewis

3.75

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with … read more

Similar categories in Rosie Lewis's Taken book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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4. Nowhere to Go: The heartbreaking true story of a boy desperate to be loved

By: Casey Watson

3.79

Format: 248 pages,

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Similar categories in Casey Watson's Nowhere to Go: The heartbreaking true story of a boy desperate to be loved book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse

5. Saving Danny

By: Cathy Glass

3.80

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation a… read more

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6. Scarlett's Secret: A real-life short story by Casey Watson

By: Casey Watson

3.86

Format: 368 pages,

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7. Daddy’s Little Princess

By: Cathy Glass

4.00

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. Beth is … read more

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8. Will You Love Me?: Lucy's Story: The Heartbreaking True Story of My Adopted Daughter and Her Desperate Search for a Loving Home

By: Cathy Glass

4.23

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer C… read more

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9. Hidden

By: Cathy Glass

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author comes the poignant and shocking memoir … read more

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10. Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse

By: Rosie Lewis

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Trappedwas a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis. Phoebe, an… read more

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11. A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever

By: Cathy Glass

4.30

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Angie, 6, and her sister, Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive at Cathy’s house, havin… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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12. Broken: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

By: Rosie Lewis

4.46

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protectiv… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Lewis's Broken: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret. book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • true story
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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13. Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

By: Cathy Glass

4.41

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look aft… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child? book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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14. Too Scared to Tell

By: Cathy Glass

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret. Oskar's school teacher raises the ala… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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15. Little Girl Lost

By: Casey Watson

4.59

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson Six-year-old Amel… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's Little Girl Lost book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
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16. Let Me Go

By: Casey Watson

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Wa… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's Let Me Go book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
  • abuse
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17. Mummy, Please Don’t Leave

By: Casey Watson

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together…… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's Mummy, Please Don’t Leave book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • memoir
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18. Eden's Story (Thrown Away Children)

By: Louise Allen

4.57

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Ashley is a young single mum raising her daughter, Eden, and working hard to do the very best job s… read more

Similar categories in Louise Allen's Eden's Story (Thrown Away Children) book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • abuse
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19. Battered, Broken, Healed

By: Maggie Hartley

4.67

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A new challenge faces foster carer Maggie this time it's not a child that's at risk, it's her moth… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • fostering
  • true story
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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20. Finding Stevie

By: Cathy Glass

4.38

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online. When … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Finding Stevie book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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21. Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection

By: Cathy Glass

4.54

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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22. I Just Want to Be Loved

By: Casey Watson

4.53

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster 14-year-old Elise, whose M… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's I Just Want to Be Loved book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • fostering
  • abuse
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23. Innocent: The True Story of Siblings Struggling to Survive

By: Cathy Glass

4.42

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Innocent: The True Story of Siblings Struggling to Survive book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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24. Too Young to Parent: One baby, one scared young mum, one social worker with an impossible decision

By: Carey Patterson

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Carey Patterson, newly qualified Social Worker, is asked to see a young woman and her baby in a loc… read more

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25. I Want My Daddy

By: Casey Watson

4.56

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

A 5-year-old boy, Ethan, is brought to Casey in the middle of the night after the sudden death of h… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's I Want My Daddy book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
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26. Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

By: Cathy Glass

4.33

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way … Damian is just seven when he is taken in by… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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27. Silenced

By: Rosie Lewis

4.52

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A family with a dark secret.A child who refuses to speak.Rosie must help her before it’s too late. … read more

Similar categories in Rosie Lewis's Silenced book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
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28. The Silent Witness

By: Casey Watson

4.30

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's The Silent Witness book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • memoir
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29. Sparkle's Story: Thrown Away Children

By: Louise Allen

4.24

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Louise gets a frantic call to take in a damaged and destructive young girl. Separated from her sibl… read more

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30. A Dark Secret

By: Casey Watson

4.32

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled n… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's A Dark Secret book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • biography
  • memoir
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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31. Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger?

By: Cathy Glass

4.44

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three … read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger? book and Maggie Hartley's Battered, Broken, Healed

  • nonfiction
  • fostering

15 Best biography books like Battered, Broken, Healed by Maggie Hartley

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Cathy Glass

4.38

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Another Forgotten Child

Cathy Glass

4.16

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Nowhere to Go: The heartbreaking true story of a boy desperate to be loved

Casey Watson

3.79

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Cathy Glass

4.30

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17 Best nonfiction books like Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger? by Cathy Glass

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Maggie Hartley

4.51

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Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime

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4.67

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Casey Watson

4.59

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Maggie Hartley

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