16 must-read biography books like Jacob's Story by Louise Allen

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Jacob's Story

By: Louise Allen

4.40

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Officers from the RSPCA investigate reports of animal cruelty and neglect on a farm, only to discov…

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1. Tiny Prisoners

By: Maggie Hartley

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggi… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Tiny Prisoners book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • abuse
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2. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • 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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3. Tressa - The 12-Year-Old Mum: My True Story

By: Tressa Middleton , Katy Weitz

3.31

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Tressa Middleton's Tressa - The 12-Year-Old Mum: My True Story book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook

4. Too Young to be a Mum

By: Maggie Hartley

3.65

Format: 448 pages,

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5. The Night the Angels Came

By: Cathy Glass

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Cathy receives a call about a terminally ill widower terrified of leaving his son all alone in… read more

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6. The Convent

By: Marie Hargreaves

4.21

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in 1959, her dad tells her she is going… read more

Similar categories in Marie Hargreaves's The Convent book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • abuse
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7. The Asylum

By: Carol Minto

4.46

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

For 46 years, Carol Minto has quietly gone about her life, carrying with her the most extraordin… read more

Similar categories in Carol Minto's The Asylum book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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8. Silent Sisters

By: Joanne Lee

4.13

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

A deadly secret. A horrifying discovery. For over 20 years, Joanne Lee's mother kept the rema… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Lee's Silent Sisters book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • biography
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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11. Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime

By: Maggie Hartley

4.67

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

'It's okay, lovely,' I soothed. 'You let it all out.'She sobbed and sobbed as all the fear came t… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • fostering
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12. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
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13. Groomed to be a Bride: Can Maggie protect a vulnerable young girl from the nightmares of her past? (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story)

By: Maggie Hartley

4.56

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Maggie faces one of the most challenging cases of her career when Halima, a young, orphaned Iraqi g… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Groomed to be a Bride: Can Maggie protect a vulnerable young girl from the nightmares of her past? (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story) book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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14. The Ghost Girl

By: Maggie Hartley

4.43

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

Ruth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care. Pale, frail a… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's The Ghost Girl book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • abuse
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15. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • audiobook
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16. A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story.

By: Cathy Glass

4.42

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story. book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • biography
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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17. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • biography
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • fostering
  • abuse
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19. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • biography
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
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20. 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

Similar categories in Carey Patterson's Too Young to Parent: One baby, one scared young mum, one social worker with an impossible decision book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

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21. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
  • audiobook
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22. A Sister's Shame: The true story of little girls trapped in a cycle of abuse and neglect

By: Maggie Hartley

4.71

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

'My heart felt heavy with sadness for these two little girls.'Foster carer Maggie Hartley is used… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's A Sister's Shame: The true story of little girls trapped in a cycle of abuse and neglect book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • fostering
  • abuse
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23. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Nobody Loves Me: Bobby’s true story of neglect, secrets and abuse by Maggie Hartley

24. Nobody Loves Me: Bobby’s true story of neglect, secrets and abuse

By: Maggie Hartley

4.72

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

'Wow! I did not want this book to end. This story was unlike any other' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader review'… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Nobody Loves Me: Bobby’s true story of neglect, secrets and abuse book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
Cover of Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope by Maggie Hartley

25. Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope

By: Maggie Hartley

4.71

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

'Mum and Dad. Gone?' asked Louisa. 'Yes,' I nodded. 'They're gone.' After a horrific car crash, thi… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
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26. 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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
Cover of Please Give My Baby Back: A tiny baby is found with a bruise on his leg and Robyn’s life is ripped apart. Can Maggie help reunite them? by Maggie Hartley

27. Please Give My Baby Back: A tiny baby is found with a bruise on his leg and Robyn’s life is ripped apart. Can Maggie help reunite them?

By: Maggie Hartley

4.56

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

'Please don't take him. Let him stay with me. Please don't take my baby.'When a health visitor no… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Please Give My Baby Back: A tiny baby is found with a bruise on his leg and Robyn’s life is ripped apart. Can Maggie help reunite them? book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

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28. Please Don't Take Mummy Away

By: Maggie Hartley

4.62

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

'I think this is one of the best books I have read by Maggie Hartley' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader reviewTHE… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Please Don't Take Mummy Away book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • fostering
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29. Jacob's Story

By: Louise Allen

4.40

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

Officers from the RSPCA investigate reports of animal cruelty and neglect on a farm, only to discov… read more

Similar categories in Louise Allen's Jacob's Story book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • biography
  • fostering
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • audiobook
Cover of Will You Help Me?: Ralph’s true story of abuse, secrets and lies by Maggie Hartley

30. Will You Help Me?: Ralph’s true story of abuse, secrets and lies

By: Maggie Hartley

4.81

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

'Please help me,' he said in a small voice. 'Will you help me?'Six-year-old Ralph has only been i… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Will You Help Me?: Ralph’s true story of abuse, secrets and lies book and Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
Cover of Helpless: Are Riley and his two little siblings in danger? by Cathy Glass

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 Louise Allen's Jacob's Story

  • nonfiction
  • fostering

14 Top audiobook books like Jacob's Story by Louise Allen

Transform Your Habits

Tressa - The 12-Year-Old Mum: My True Story

Tressa Middleton , Katy Weitz

3.31

Transform Your Habits

The Convent

Marie Hargreaves

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Asylum

Carol Minto

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Silent Sisters

Joanne Lee

4.13

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19 must-read nonfiction books like Behind Closed Doors: The true and heart-breaking story of little Nancy, who holds the secret to a terrible crime by Maggie Hartley

Transform Your Habits

A Life Lost: The shocking true story

Cathy Glass

4.54

Transform Your Habits

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

Cathy Glass

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?

Cathy Glass

4.41

Transform Your Habits

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

Maggie Hartley

4.67

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