This is book 3 which Shane Dunphy has written - the other 2 in the trilogy are Crying in the Dark( 2) and Wednesday's Child (1)They can each be read independently but I recommend reading them in order. All of the books are written superbly with honesty, compassion and heartache. The individual cases are disturbing but Shane tackles each one with professionalism and an open heart, ready to do whatever it takes to try to help these children from their dire lives. I worked with children for a few years and now work with Youths - and would have relished the opportunity to have worked with Shane in his role as a childcare worker.

Hush, Little Baby

Five heart-stopping true stories of terror and triumph, told by the man who tried to make life better for these troubled children ...Clive, a thirteen-year-old victim of terrifying demonic visions, tells frightening stories of abuse and imprisonment. Could they be genuine? Patrick, twelve, bravely setting out to find the truth about his birth family - however painful it may be ...Six-year-old Johnny, tiny and undernourished, desperately tries to recover from a brain-injury inflicted by his drunken and violent father ...At fourteen, Katie is so aggressive that the authorities have put her in special care, away from other children. What could be the cause of such fury? And in a grim island prison, a lumbering bully ponders his crimes against his twin children, Larry and Francey - while his sadistic and conniving wife, the real monster behind his actions, tries to fool the state into returning the traumatised boy and girl to her care.

Five true stories of children overcoming severe trauma and adversity.

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