A Small Boy’s Cry
A Small Boy’s Cry
Rosie Lewis
A heartbreaking and shocking short story from foster carer Rosie Lewis.Toddler Charlie falls from the second floor window of his tower block home while his mother is busy shooting up in their dirty council flat.Laying alone on a pile of rubbish until concerned neighbours hear him whimpering, Charlie is taken to hospital by police officers who are unable to rouse his mother.With a gash to his head, a terrified Charlie is delivered to foster carer Rosie Lewis’s home. As Charlie opens up about his past, a picture of the traumatic life the little boy has endured so far becomes clear.
(#u5e1005fe-a8c9-5b95-82b2-676cf5b34fc4)
Copyright (#u5e1005fe-a8c9-5b95-82b2-676cf5b34fc4)
Certain details in this story, including names and places, have been changed to protect the identities of the individuals concerned.
HarperElement
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
77–85 Fulham Palace Road,
Hammersmith, London W6 8JB
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
and HarperElement are trademarks of
HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
First published by HarperElement 2014
FIRST EDITION
© Rosie Lewis 2014
Rosie Lewis asserts the moral right to
be identified as the author of this work
Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2014
Cover photograph © Getty Images
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at
www.harpercollins.co.uk/green (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/green)
Ebook Edition © July 2014 ISBN: 9780007541836
Version 2014-07-21
Contents
Cover (#u9abb05ac-4dea-5e62-bb25-89eac81904f4)
Title Page (#u2857fb73-0bf3-5f35-b3e1-633284c36058)
Copyright (#ulink_65823e9f-2a5e-5c8f-b011-ae7a2fb49f66)
A Small Boy’s Cry (#ulink_74dcc1e7-7461-562a-b258-e18ad7eb1a2c)
Epilogue (#ulink_cbc6a29a-73aa-5a92-836d-c25c702eb02c)
Moved by A Small Boy’s Cry? Try The Girl Without a Voice by Casey Watson (#u2b186f4a-2b4e-54bd-9db0-01b5af57d98e)
Rosie Lewis (#u66475149-13b0-5c03-b70d-7d7b3b598433)
Moving Memoirs eNewsletter (#ubecb3846-ef90-52a3-8eaa-f76536decc93)
Write for Us (#u53640bda-91fe-5f7a-8266-3f9cb52bcbf4)
More from Rosie Lewis (#uc576fc2f-c2c9-5565-a122-9e783bf0f930)
About the Publisher (#ucd7b67ad-05f2-57db-ac21-ebc79a5e6727)
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».
Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию (https://www.litres.ru/rosie-lewis/a-small-boy-s-cry/) на ЛитРес.
Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.
Rosie Lewis
A heartbreaking and shocking short story from foster carer Rosie Lewis.Toddler Charlie falls from the second floor window of his tower block home while his mother is busy shooting up in their dirty council flat.Laying alone on a pile of rubbish until concerned neighbours hear him whimpering, Charlie is taken to hospital by police officers who are unable to rouse his mother.With a gash to his head, a terrified Charlie is delivered to foster carer Rosie Lewis’s home. As Charlie opens up about his past, a picture of the traumatic life the little boy has endured so far becomes clear.
(#u5e1005fe-a8c9-5b95-82b2-676cf5b34fc4)
Copyright (#u5e1005fe-a8c9-5b95-82b2-676cf5b34fc4)
Certain details in this story, including names and places, have been changed to protect the identities of the individuals concerned.
HarperElement
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
77–85 Fulham Palace Road,
Hammersmith, London W6 8JB
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
and HarperElement are trademarks of
HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
First published by HarperElement 2014
FIRST EDITION
© Rosie Lewis 2014
Rosie Lewis asserts the moral right to
be identified as the author of this work
Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2014
Cover photograph © Getty Images
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at
www.harpercollins.co.uk/green (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/green)
Ebook Edition © July 2014 ISBN: 9780007541836
Version 2014-07-21
Contents
Cover (#u9abb05ac-4dea-5e62-bb25-89eac81904f4)
Title Page (#u2857fb73-0bf3-5f35-b3e1-633284c36058)
Copyright (#ulink_65823e9f-2a5e-5c8f-b011-ae7a2fb49f66)
A Small Boy’s Cry (#ulink_74dcc1e7-7461-562a-b258-e18ad7eb1a2c)
Epilogue (#ulink_cbc6a29a-73aa-5a92-836d-c25c702eb02c)
Moved by A Small Boy’s Cry? Try The Girl Without a Voice by Casey Watson (#u2b186f4a-2b4e-54bd-9db0-01b5af57d98e)
Rosie Lewis (#u66475149-13b0-5c03-b70d-7d7b3b598433)
Moving Memoirs eNewsletter (#ubecb3846-ef90-52a3-8eaa-f76536decc93)
Write for Us (#u53640bda-91fe-5f7a-8266-3f9cb52bcbf4)
More from Rosie Lewis (#uc576fc2f-c2c9-5565-a122-9e783bf0f930)
About the Publisher (#ucd7b67ad-05f2-57db-ac21-ebc79a5e6727)
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».
Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию (https://www.litres.ru/rosie-lewis/a-small-boy-s-cry/) на ЛитРес.
Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.
Rosie Lewis
Тип: электронная книга
Жанр: Биографии и мемуары
Язык: на английском языке
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата публикации: 25.04.2024
Отзывы: Пока нет Добавить отзыв
О книге: A heartbreaking and shocking short story from foster carer Rosie Lewis.Toddler Charlie falls from the second floor window of his tower block home while his mother is busy shooting up in their dirty council flat.Laying alone on a pile of rubbish until concerned neighbours hear him whimpering, Charlie is taken to hospital by police officers who are unable to rouse his mother.With a gash to his head, a terrified Charlie is delivered to foster carer Rosie Lewis’s home. As Charlie opens up about his past, a picture of the traumatic life the little boy has endured so far becomes clear.