One Child

One Child

Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir | Paperback Published on: 06/12/2004
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Synopsis

This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential.

Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation – except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare – and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together – an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.

  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780007199051
  • Number of pages: 336
  • Weight: 180g
  • Dimensions: 178 x 111 x 20 mm

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One Child
great read
this was a really good book read it in just 2 days after my kids went to bed. if you like this you should read street kid by judy westwater. Had me in tear... READ MORE
amandapaterson
One Child
Amazing
An amazing read, couldnt put it down, read it within 2/3 nights after putting my son to bed, highly recommend !
Laureen
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One Child
A true story that grabs at your heart strings until the end of the book. Torey Hayden has such a wondeful way of writing these books it makes you feel you ... READ MORE
Emma Scutt
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One Child
this book is really execellent, it really touch me and it really a true story.
sarah bentley
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One Child
I read this book in just under a week as it was extremely difficult to put down. I so wanted Torey to succeed in taming Sheila that I had to keep reading ... READ MORE
ANGIE HOWARD