Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • Thrown Away Child

  • By: Louise Allen
  • Narrated by: Sarah Moule
  • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (93 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Thrown Away Child cover art

Thrown Away Child

By: Louise Allen
Narrated by: Sarah Moule
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Stella's Story cover art
Taken cover art
Unsafe cover art
A Sister's Shame cover art
Where's My Mummy? cover art
Silenced cover art
Braver cover art
Nobody Loves Me cover art
Broken cover art
Not a Proper Child cover art
Betrayed: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Struggle to Escape a Cruel Life Defined by Family Honour cover art
A Family Secret cover art
Broken cover art
I Just Want to Be Loved cover art
Mummy, Please Don’t Leave cover art
I Want My Daddy cover art

Summary

From The Sunday Times best-selling author.

Thrown Away Child is a memoir covering Louise Allen’s abusive childhood in a foster home, how she survived - using her love of art as a sanctuary - and how she hopes to right old wrongs now by fostering children herself and campaigning for the improvement of foster care services. It is a compelling and inspirational story. This book gives a voice to the many children who grew up unhappily in care. 

©2017 Louise Allen (P)2018 Simon & Schuster Audio

What listeners say about Thrown Away Child

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    84
  • 4 Stars
    7
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    70
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    71
  • 4 Stars
    4
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant Narrator

Sad Story But Beautiful wrote and Read Really enjoyed it and Will Read more from Louise Allen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Amazing strong person

Makes me upset knowing this kind of behaviour still goes on behind
doors. Deffo recommend recommend this book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

The strength to survive

I am not sure i could show the compassion louise did towards her foster mother later on but was glad she was able to walk away at the end, with her head and heart at peace. No children should live through...if they survive...the painful abuse as Louise has but it reminds us of the amazing strength children somehow find in saving themselves, too often by themselves. Thank-you for sharing your story, Louise....

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A harrowing life of a child

I really enjoyed this book because whilst is was about how a little girl was abused in many ways it also show the strength she had as she got older.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

wow

amazingly inspirational 👏,a very brave amazing louise and billy, well narrated. admittedly very very sad. an eye opener to the social care system. Well done Louise your one in a million. thankyou for sharing your incredible story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Heart wrenching

How can these despicable so called ‘carers’ get away with what they do - we can only hope they eventually rot in hell.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

absolutely brilliant

A honest gritty and harrowing story of abuse in all its forms. ultimately a story of strength, understanding and in some ways forgiveness.

This story will stay with me and i thank the author for finding the courage to tell her story xx

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

heartbreaking

what a story for Louise to be so brave about telling Sarahs voice was right for reading this dammed nightmare of a life for Louise and William. I couldn't stop listening till the very last word thank you Louise for letting us be part of your story. what a wonderful strong person you are x

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A thrown away child that came good

I first read this book in paper back many years ago. I remembered it well
I wasn't aware it was the same book in audio firm.
I am so glad I continued to download it and listened.
Although harrowing at times I was able to understand it much more as I already knew that Louise came good in the end.
I recommend this book especially in audio because it gives you an insight into the pitfalls of the care system and how a little girl managed to crawl out from it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Emotional but, gripping!

A hard listen! Massive respect to Louise with all you do now. Recommend anyone reading this to listen to Abbys story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful