Can foster carer Louise Allen help Diego overcome his disturbing past and finally feel safe again? The 13th instalment in the bestselling Thrown Away Children paperback series, Diego’s Story, published by Mirror Books, is now on sale.
Sunday Times bestselling author and foster mum Louise Allen has just released her 13th book in the popular Thrown Away Children paperback series.
Louise is a campaigner for children in the care system and is an important voice in the inspirational memoir genre, telling the stories of children in her care.
Louise was a foster care child who underwent an unspeakably tough childhood with cruel foster parents in the 1970s who then adopted her and continued the abuse.
She firmly believes that there is hope for all children who have been abused and that children who experience trauma can go on to have good lives.
Now happily married with her own children, she also fosters children short and long term, and campaigns for the rights of children in care.
This led to her bestselling book series Thrown Away Children, which tells the stories of some of the children she has fostered and their often heart-breaking pasts. Names and some details are changed to protect identities.
The latest instalment is Diego’s Story, where a young boy, who witnessed unspeakable crimes, needs protection.
Diego and his siblings live in desperate poverty, but nobody seems to notice or care as they come close to starving, scouring food banks to survive. But he’s wrong – someone has noticed him. County Lines gang members can see his vulnerability. With an absent father, alcoholic mother and dependent young siblings, Diego is the perfect mark.
Entrapped, used, abused and witness to terrible crimes, young Diego escapes a murder scene and runs.
Experienced foster carer Louise Allen steps in when 14-year-old Diego is placed with her. Can she help him overcome his disturbing past and finally feel safe again? And what will happen if the County Lines gang finds him – with Louise and her family?
Louise is also the founder of the charity Spark Sisterhood which supports girls with employment pathways and mentoring while in and leaving care.
Thrown Away Children: Diego’s Story is available in paperback, ebook and audiobook on Amazon here.
Link – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diegos-Story-Thrown-Away-Children/dp/1917439733/
