What's Love Got to Do with It: True stories of children's search for love in and out of the care system

Following on from her previous bestselling books, Hackney Child and Tainted Love, which told the stories of kids in children's homes who fought against the odds in their struggle to survive, Jenny Molloy's' latest book What's Love Got to do With it? gives harrowing accounts of what happens when children fall in love with the wrong people, and how the role of social workers in their lives can bring them back to an understanding of what love really means. Molloy introduces several brave and inspirational children: Jemma, taken into care after her father tried to kill her; Angelika, abandoned by her mother, ending up in a criminal gang; Emma, whose life spiralled out of control after her mother's sudden death. Neglected explores these stories and more, ultimately aiming to answer the question: how can the circle of neglect be broken? 'No matter how bad things are, Molloy tells those afflicted by neglect, there is always hope. And with hope, there is the possibility to heal and to build a new and better kind of life' Lancashire Evening Post Following on from her previous bestselling books, Hackney Child and Tainted Love , written under the name Hope Daniels, which told the stories of kids in children's homes who fought against the odds in their struggle to survive, Jenny Molloy's latest book Neglected gives harrowing accounts of what happens when children fall in love with the wrong people , and how the role of social workers in their lives can bring them back to an understanding of what love really means . Readers will be introduced to several brave and inspirational children : Jemma , taken into care after her father tried to kill her; Angelika , abandoned by her mother, ending up in a criminal gang; Emma , whose life spiralled out of control after her mother's sudden death. Neglected explores these stories and more, ultimately aiming to answer the question: how can the circle of neglect be broken? Following on from her previous bestselling books, Hackney Child and Tainted Love, which told the stories of kids in children's homes who fought against the odds in their struggle to survive, Hope Daniels' latest book What's Love Got to do With it? gives harrowing accounts of what happens when children fall in love with the wrong people, and how the role of social workers in their lives can bring them back to an understanding of what love really means. Daniels introduces several brave and inspirational children: Jemma, taken into care after her father tried to kill her; Angelika, abandoned by her mother, ending up in a criminal gang; Emma, whose life spiralled out of control after her mother's sudden death. What's Love Got to do With it? explores these stories and more, ultimately aiming to answer the question: how can the circle of neglect be broken? "Introduces several brave and inspirational children: Jemma, taken into care after her father tried to kill her; Angelika, abandoned by her mother and ending up in a criminal gang; Emma, whose life spiralled out of control after her mother's sudden death. These, and many more stories tell of children for whom sex, drugs and alcohol filled a place in their lives that should have been filled by care and understanding. It also explains how social workers can bring abandoned kids back to an understanding of what love really means and break the cycle of neglect"--Publisher's description Emotionally gripping real life stories about children in care and how their childhood relationships affects their development into adults