Angela Hart – författare

How would you respond when asked to take in a traumatised child?Honest and inspirational, The Girl and the Ghosts is a remarkable memoir from Sunday Times bestselling author and devoted foster carer Angela Hart.Seven-year-old Maria holds lots of secrets. Why won’t she tell how she got the bruises on her body? Why does she run and hide? And why does she so want to please her sinister stepfather?Follow Angela as she seeks to uncover the truth and help Maria leave the ghosts of her past behind.Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in Terrified and The Girl Who Just Wanted to Be Loved.

Would you have the strength to fight to change the fortunes of an abandoned child?A Sunday Times bestseller, The Girl Who Wanted to Belong is an honest, moving memoir about a young girl in need of some care and compassion, from devoted foster carer Angela Hart.Lucy is eight years old and ends up in foster care after being abandoned by her mum and kicked out by her new stepmother. Two aunties and then her elderly grandmother take her in but it seems nobody can cope with her disruptive behaviour. Social Services hope a stay with experienced foster carer Angela will help Lucy settle down.A deeply personal account of Angela's struggles to help Lucy make a fresh start, The Girl Who Wanted to Belong is a testament to the power of quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear.Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in The Girl with the Saddest Secret and The Girl with the Suitcase.

How do you begin to create a home for a runaway child?Moving, heartfelt and inspirational, The Girl in the Dark is an emotional memoir from Sunday Times bestselling author and devoted foster carer Angela Hart.Melissa is a sweet-natured girl with a disturbing habit of running away. After she’s picked up by the police for mixing with the wrong crowd, Social Services beg Angela to take her in. But can she keep the testing twelve-year-old safe? And will she ever learn what, or who, has driven Melissa to run and hide, sometimes in the dead of night?Follow Angela on her determined quest to help Melissa conquer her demons. A remarkable true story, The Girl in the Dark is a testament to the power of quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear.Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved and The Girl Who Wanted to Belong.

How do you provide stability to a child rejected by her own family?Honest and inspirational, The Girl with the Suitcase is a highly personal memoir from Sunday Times bestselling author and devoted foster carer Angela Hart.Shunned by her mother, ten-year-old Grace has spent most of her childhood in care, moving from one foster home to the next. She seems friendly and well-meaning, yet each placement breaks down due to her ‘disruptive' behaviour.Follow Angela as she seeks to find the key to end Grace's heartbreak. A deeply moving account, The Girl with the Suitcase is a testament to the power of quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear.Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in The Girl Who Wanted to Belong and The Girl and the Ghosts.

How do you offer safety to a child consistently let down by others?Emotional and uplifting, The Girl with the Saddest Secret is a remarkable memoir from Sunday Times bestselling author and devoted foster carer Angela Hart.Jasmine is a little girl with a difficult upbringing whose current foster family can no longer handle her behaviour. Angela does her best to provide a secure environment for Jasmine in the hope that she can begin to move on, but Jasmine's bursts of anger and physical violence prove challenging.A tearjerking, highly personal account of Angela's determination to change Jasmine's fortunes for the better, The Girl with the Saddest Secret is a testament to the power of quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear.Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved and The Girl with the Suitcase.

What lengths would you go to to save a troubled little girl?A Sunday Times bestseller, Terrified is a deeply personal memoir from foster carer Angela Hart. It tells the emotionally devastating but ultimately uplifting true story of Vicky, a little girl who arrives on Angela's doorstep unwanted and unloved after suffering years of emotional abuse at the hands of her mother. Desperate never to return home, Vicky is haunted by many demons and waking nightmares.A tearjerking true story, Terrified is Angela's moving account of her determination to set Vicky free.'A no holds barred insight into the reality of looking after someone else's children' – Casey Watson, author of Little Girl Lost'A moving story that testifies to the redemptive power of love. I hope Angela Hart inspires many others to foster' – Torey Hayden, author of One ChildDiscover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in The Girl and the Ghosts and The Girl in the Dark.

How do you begin to help a psychologically traumatised child?A Sunday Times bestseller, The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved is an inspirational, heart-wrenching true story from foster mum Angela Hart.Eight-year-old Keeley looks like the sweetest little girl you could wish to meet, but demons from the past make her behaviour far from angelic. She takes foster carer Angela on a rocky and very demanding emotional ride as she fights daily battles against her deep-rooted psychological problems.Follow Angela and her husband Jonathan as they seek to help Keeley triumph against the odds. A heartfelt memoir, The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved is a testament to the power of quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear.Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in Terrified and The Girl With No Bedroom Door.

How do you begin to help a child combat their demons?From Sunday Times bestselling author Angela Hart, The Girl With Two Lives is an honest, deeply personal account of the realities of life as a foster carer.Twelve-year-old Danielle has been excluded from a special school and her former foster family can no longer cope. She arrives as an emergency placement at the home of foster carer Angela, who soon suspects that there is more to the young girl's disruptive behaviour than meets the eye. Can her specialist training unlock the horrors of Danielle's past and help her start a brave new life?A heartfelt, emotional memoir recounting the story behind one of Angela's toughest placements yet, The Girl with Two Lives is testament to the difference that quiet care, a watchful eye and sympathetic ear can make in a child's life.Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in The Girl with the Suitcase and Terrified.