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Tiny Prisoners

Written by: Maggie Hartley
Narrated by: Penny MacDonald
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Two siblings trapped in a world of abuse. One woman determined to free them.

Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy, and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister have hardly set foot outside their own home. They have been prisoners, locked in a terrifying world of abuse, violence, and neglect.

Maggie soon realizes that Evie and Elliot are lacking the basic life skills we all take for granted. The outside world terrifies them; the sound of the doorbell sends them into a panic that takes hours to abate. Gradually unlocking the truth of their heart-breaking upbringing, Maggie tells their shocking true story.

From emotionally scarred and damaged little children, we see how - with warmth and dedication - Maggie transforms their lives. As this moving story unfolds, we share Maggie's joy when these children finally smile again, when they realize they do have a future after all.

©2017 Maggie Hartley (P)2017 Tantor

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Maggie is a beautiful soul! I wish that there was more foster parents like her! Too often they don’t have our best interests at heart and they just treat us like a common nuisance. I grew up in the system and was very much like “Elliot” and I didn’t break out of my fears and abandonment issues which created issues as I grew older. As a adult I still have issues with this and I wished that my caregivers would have taken the time with me and not be just a “by the book social worker” in Ontario they can’t show love or anything like that. It’s very sterile, not child friendly. I loved the way they put the kids first here!

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