Title: Jacob’s Story
Author:
Louise Allen
Series: Thrown
Away Children #4
Pages: 288
Release Date: August
19th 2021
Format: Paperback
Buy it: Amazon
Add it: Goodreads
Synopsis: Officers
from the RSPCA investigate reports of animal cruelty and neglect on a farm,
only to discover a 5-year-old boy curled up asleep in a dog bed, amidst filth
and squalor.
He has severe physical and cognitive impairments, and no one outside the family
seems to know of the existence of little Jacob.
When he arrives in the Allen household, a terrified Louise wonders how on earth
she will cope looking after a child with his level of physical and emotional
damage. With the support of veteran social worker, Mary, the fight begins to
get Jacob the support he needs – as medical investigations begin to reveal more
shocking details about Jacob’s story.
My Review:
Poor Jacob was found curled up like a dog in a dog bed under the kitchen table by
Anna an RSPCA officer who went to his home because of reports about the farm
animals being mistreated.
5 year old Jacob is not able to walk or talk and is swiftly
taken into care, we get to read about Jacob with his first foster family who
seemed to be more in it for the money and having parties than actually looking
after a child with sever learning difficulties, they just leave him lying on
the floor with baby toys.
Louise is not shy about telling the reader how she really
feels about the social care system which in this case I can understand why she
was annoyed at them too.
Louise is backed up by her social worker Dara and Jacob’s
social worker Mary to get everything they need to help Jacob to give him the
life he deserves despite the obstacles that the social serves put in the way.
Louise manages to do this while looking after her two biological children and
her long term foster child Lily who is also struggling with her own issues from
her childhood.
This was the first book by this author that I read and it’s
safe to say I’ve now read all of her book and become friends with Louise.
Currently
Reading: The
Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V E Schwab
Read in 2022: 23/40
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