Chris Wild lost his dad aged 11, leaving him to grow up in the care system. There, he witnessed the incessant physical & sexual abuse of children, with the only escape leading to the streets.

So many others like him, failed by the systems put in place to protect them, ended up with nothing but drink, drugs, prostitution & crime as their normality.

Later, working in a care home himself became the only way Chris could help, but he was shocked to discover little had changed & vulnerable children were still being failed.

In Damaged, he shares heartbreaking memories of the care system along with the stories of all the boys, girls, men & women he met along the way
- exposing why we must take action now to protect all of Britains forgotten children.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781911600640
• Author: Chris Wild
• Publisher: Blink Publishing
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm














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Iconic heroine DCI Kate Burrows returns in a blistering thriller you won't be able to put down. This killer has only just begun...

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Daisy Lane is getting her life back on track after the death of her partner. He's comfortably off & her new man, South London gangster Roy Kemp, looks out for her. But just when she's happiest, Daisy vanishes without trace. Torn from everything she knows & loves, Daisy finds herself at the mercy of a madman with a terrifying obsession... Her friends
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May 1943, Twenty Lancaster bombers stand poised to fly one of World War II's most daring & dangerous missions, 617 Squadron's legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Germany's dams, led by the volatile Guy Gibson. After two tours of duty & fifty-nine missions, combat-seasoned pilot Peter Lightfoot & his loyal crew are already on borrowed time. Haunted by a face from his past, Lightfoot cannot rest & applies to fly the dams mission. But while success could shorten the war, it will inevitably come at a cost. Many of the men will not be coming back. ...

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Tells the stories of the many women caught up in the turbulent events of the Jacobite Rising of 1745-46. Female support for the Stuart cause was significant, & with one famous exception, historians have ignored their participation. This book aims to redress the balance. ...

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