Description
Trapped was a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis.
Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl, is taken into police protection after a chance comment to one of her teachers alerts the authorities that all might not be what it seems in her comfortable, middle-class home. Experienced foster carer Rosie accepts the youngster as an emergency placement knowing that her autism will represent a challenge - not only for her but also for the rest of the family.
But after several shocking incidents of self-harming, Pica and threats to kill, it soon becomes apparent that Phoebe's autism may be the least of her problems.
Locked for nine years in a secret world of severe abuse, as Phoebe opens up about her horrific past, her foster carer begins to suspect that Phoebe may not be suffering from autism at all.
Author: Rosie Lewis
Publisher: Harper Element
Published: 09/16/2014
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780007541782
ISBN10: 0007541783
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Family & Relationships | Abuse | Child Abuse
- Family & Relationships | Autism Spectrum Disorders
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.