UK National Bookseller of the Year 2013 & 2012! Celebrating 110 years, est 1903. A UK registered company. Visit us instore & online. Foyles
Login to Foyles
Login

Login to check or place orders or create a login.

Close
Enter your search into one or more of the boxes below:
You can refine your search by selecting from any of the options below:
Search
Browse Menu:
Foyles BlogRSS
GUEST BLOG: Meet the English
16/05/2013

Matt Rudd, author of The English: A Field Guide, finds out if any of the stereotypes about the English - queueing, binge-drinking, leylandii hedges - are actually true.

The twenties are roaring again
13/05/2013

With The Great Gatsby bringing the Jazz Age back into vogue, Janette recommends the perfect novel for anyone in love with the era of Art Deco, flapper dresses, speakeasies and Bix Biederbecke.

View all Blog Entries »

Learn about our generous Foyalty reward card
Foyles Gift Cards
PayPoint Authorised Security Seal
Buy SSL
SSL Certificates


Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity
Foyalty 47
Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity (Paperback)
Order now for Free delivery in the UK for orders over £10 or choose Express Delivery to receive in 2 business days. More on delivery...
Order Options List Price Online Price Save Availability Login for Quick Checkout
Delivery:

To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info.

£11.99 £11.99

Despatched in 1 business day.

Add to Basket
Click & Collect:

Order now to collect from 12noon today. In stock items only. Click for more info.

£11.99 £10.19 15%

In stock in 1 or more stores

Buy - Select Store
New & Used:

Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info.

From £5.00  

In stock at one or more sellers.

Buy - Select Seller

Product Synopsis

"Shattered Lives" bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child capturing their life experiences, hugely impacted by sexual abuse, parental substance misuse and loss, leading to feelings of shame, rejection and worthlessness. Batmanghelidjh offers understanding for those baffled by these hard-to-reach children and warns against stigmatizing them for their problem behaviour. In her critique of existing structures, she exposes the plight of children who are overlooked by the authorities and denounces those who value bureaucracy over the welfare of the individual child. Society's failure to acknowledge the truth of their experiences and act to change the environment in which such mistreatment can flourish is, she strongly argues, leading to the death of childhood. The book is a clarion call for change.

More books by Camila Batmanghelidjh

Leave Review

Staff Choice

This is a heart-breaking book, about childhood, about inequality, about what it is to live without love in an unforgiving city. Above all, it is about being human.

Royal Festival Hall Bookshop - 02/02/2011

Delivery

Please note for the New & Used Marketplace different terms and conditions apply.

Delivery Options

All delivery times quoted are the average, and cannot be guaranteed. These should be added to the availability message time, to determine when the goods will arrive. During checkout we will give you a cumulative estimated date for delivery.

Location1st BookEach additional bookAverage Delivery Time
UK Second ClassAvailable free for orders over £10* or £2.50Available free for orders over £10* or £1.003-7 Days
UK First Class£4.50£1.001-2 Days
UK Courier£7.00£1.001-2 Days
Western Europe** Courier£17.00£3.002-3 Days
Western Europe** Airmail£5.00£1.504-14 Days
USA / Canada Courier£20.00£3.002-4 Days
USA / Canada Airmail£7.00£3.004-14 Days
Rest of World Courier£22.50£3.003-6 Days
Rest of World Airmail£8.00£3.007-21 Days

* Available free for orders over £10 = When offered a delivery preference choose 'For Cheapest Postage' for our freepost in the UK offer. This is not available on the 'For Faster Delivery' option.

** Includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Irish Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Delivery Help & FAQs

Returns Information

If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase*, you may return it to us in its original condition with in 30 days of receiving your delivery or collection notification email for a refund. Except for damaged items or delivery issues the cost of return postage is borne by the buyer. Your statutory rights are not affected.

* For Exclusions and terms on damaged or delivery issues see Returns Help & FAQs

You might also like

Child Abuse in Cleveland, 1987:...
Health & Social Security,Dept.of
 
From£19.97 Buy - Select Seller
Return to an Address of the ...
Welsh Office
 
Return to an Address of the ...
Welsh Office
 
From£50.59 Buy - Select Seller
Your Shopping Basket
Total number of items: 0
Sub total: £0.00
Edit Basket Go to Checkout
Select Currency: $ £
Bookseller Industry Awards
enCounter Culture
Fiction Uncovered 2013
Spring Reading
Signed Books and Copies
110 Exhibition
Ebooks
Foyles is a UK Registered Company
Animators Survival Kit
link to Grantandcutler.com
Nook Tablets & eReaders
© W&G Foyle Ltd
Version: 1.0.0.21605