Broken Broken

Broken

A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

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Publisher Description

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.

Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year’s Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the course, Archie said: ‘the biscuits’.

Social workers are concerned that Archie and Bobbi have been neglected. As Rosie gets to know the children, she begins to suspect that something far more disturbing lies in their past.

Archie, jovial and polite, bats away Rosie’s attempts to talk to him about anything serious with witty one-liners and sophisticated distractions. Bobbi reacts violently, lashing out and throwing herself around. Rosie has never seen a child as young a Bobbi behaving so viciously, but it is Archie she is most concerned about as the weeks go by.

After a worrying incident at school, Archie tearfully discloses the truth – a shocking secret that has left him and his sister traumatised. Horrified at what she learns, Rosie is determined to help the young siblings find a forever-home that will provide them with the love and care they deserve.

Reviews

'On every page there is the mark of someone who has spent many long hours in the trenches of child protection, but has not allowed it to deaden her passion and energy.’
Shane Dunphy

About the author

Rosie Lewis is a full-time foster carer. She has been working in this field for over a decade. Before that, she worked in the special units team in the police force.
Based in northern England, Rosie writes under a pseudonym to protect the identities of the children she looks after.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2017
28 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
HarperElement
SELLER
HarperCollins Australia Pty Limited
SIZE
3.6
MB

Customer Reviews

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"They'll" repeatedly used instead of 'there will' irritated throughout. Who edits this? The rest of the grammar and spelling fairly correctly used, this error is inexcusable. The tragedy of these poor children being used to create literature can at least be done with style.

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