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Protecting vulnerable children from abuse and controlling relationships.

Please Don't Hurt Me

The brand-new book from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley

$24.43

  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    11 August 2026

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Summary

‘It’s all my fault, I was supposed to be looking after her!’

After suffering domestic abuse from her boyfriend, teen mum Sherrie has her four-month-old daughter Maisy sent to live with Maggie. Torn between being protective of Maisy and heartbroken for Sherrie, Maggie is unsure what to do.

In the meantime, Maggie meets fourteen-year-old Kayla, in need of short-term foster care after her mum is sectioned. Though Kayla is quiet and polite, Maggie soon realises the deep trauma and…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399638579
ISBN-10:1399638572
Author:Maggie Hartley
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Seven Dials
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:11 August 2026
Weight:235g
Dimensions:30mm x 128mm x 196mm
Series:A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
A-Format
Please Don't Hurt Me by Maggie Hartley - ISBN: 9781399638579
128 × 196 mm
B-Format
C-Format
A4
mm / in
About The Author

Maggie Hartley

Maggie Hartley has fostered more than 300 children while being a foster carer for over twenty years. Taking on the children other carers often can’t cope with, Maggie helps children that are deemed ‘unadoptable’ because of their behaviour or the extreme trauma that they’ve been through. She’s looked after refugees, supported children through sexual abuse and violence court cases, cared for teenagers on remand and taught young mums how to parent their newborn babies.

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