Mia Marconi: 6 books

The fourth in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi. Kira first came to foster carer Mia Marconi’s home on respite care when she was three. She had suffered an unimaginable amount of abuse in her short life. Although she couldn’t tie her shoe laces, she could smash a room...

The second in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi. India was a child who was destined to end up in care. She came to foster carer Mia Marconi’s house when she was three; she’d already been in care for five months by then. But her mum Amy didn’t get on with her carer...

The third in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi. Brody had been on the at-risk register since birth but was only removed from his alcoholic parents when he reached the age of six. Foster carer Mia Marconi was thrilled when he first arrived – a boy the same age as her son....

A dramatic debut short story from London-based foster carer Mia Marconi. An incredible chain of events that began in Italy during WWII with an illegitimate pregnancy shaped Mia’s destiny. The illegitimate child was her father, a lost soul who she idolised. Protecting him instilled in her an instinct...

Des parents alcooliques, des sœurs abusées par un oncle, des violences quotidiennes… C’est dans cet environnement inhumain que Brody vit depuis sa naissance. Enfin, à l’âge de six ans, il est placé dans la famille de Mia Marconi. Cette mère d’accueil est ravie d’avoir un petit...

Âgée de seulement trois ans, Kira a déjà subi l’inimaginable : délaissée par sa mère alcoolique, elle a été régulièrement abusée par son beau-père. Quand, enfin, elle est placée dans la famille de Mia Marconi, la petite fille est gravement traumatisée. Son comportement est inadapté...