Maddie has spent a lifetime struggling alone with her alcoholic mother. Her unpredictable behaviour and unreliability makes Maddie wish she had someone who actually cared about her. Tired of being the responsible one and the person who keeps it all together, Maddie longs for a life she'll never have. Her mother's constant thoughtless actions lead to difficulties on more than one occasion and the unwelcome presence of her Mum's boyfriend, Nick, only adds more stress to her life. The last thing she needs is a man in the house who doesn't know how to behave. But that all changes when Maddie discovers the real reason why her Mum drinks.\nThrown into a confusing world of secrets and family that she's never met, Maddie discovers that there is more to life than her world.\nCould a girl she has never met have the answers?\nAs she figures out how she fits into it all, she embarks on a pursuitof truth. Through the uncovering of more shocking realities, Maddie questions her true identity. Can she ever move past all the lies and find the truth?\nMore importantly, will she ever find someone who will love her like a real family should?

Abandoned

Teen & Young Adult

Ball, Vicky

Literature & Fiction

Burton Mayers Books

Beth has it all: a grammar school education, a stay at home mother who dotes on her, a father who works hard on his own business, and a little sister who adores her. But when an older man takes an interest in her, the innocence she once had is slowly ripped away from her. 
Seven years later, Abby, her younger sister, has her life turned upside down again on Christmas Eve when pink-haired, skinny Beth turns up out of the blue. Life starts to take a turn for the worse. Now a teenager herself, Abby barely recognises this stranger. 
When Beth starts receiving threatening text messages and nightmares disturb her sleep, Abby knows it is not good news. But why won't Beth talk about it? Why is she so powerless? 
Abby is tired of explaining that she is not a little kid anymore. In a world away from their comfortable life, Abby begins to see snippets of Beth's broken life and the men who would stop at nothing to get what they wanted. With her parents' marriage on the brink of collapse, Abby wonders whether life will ever return to normality.

Powerless

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Abandoned

Powerless