Please Don't Hurt Me
The brand-new book from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley
$21.75
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2026
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 |

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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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