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Neglected: Every child needs love
'No matter how bad things are, Molloy tells those afflicted by neglect, there is always hope. And with hope, there is the possibility to heal and to build a new and better kind of life' Lancashire Evening Post
Following on from her previous bestselling books, Hackney Child and Tainted Love , written under the name Hope Daniels, which told the stories of kids in children's homes who fought against the odds in their struggle to survive, Jenny Molloy's latest book Neglected gives harrowing accounts of what happens when children fall in love with the wrong people , and how the role of social workers in their lives can bring them back to an understanding of what love really means .
Readers will be introduced to several brave and inspirational children : Jemma , taken into care after her father tried to kill her; Angelika , abandoned by her mother, ending up in a criminal gang; Emma , whose life spiralled out of control after her mother's sudden death. Neglected explores these stories and more, ultimately aiming to answer the how can the circle of neglect be broken?
Following on from her previous bestselling books, Hackney Child and Tainted Love , written under the name Hope Daniels, which told the stories of kids in children's homes who fought against the odds in their struggle to survive, Jenny Molloy's latest book Neglected gives harrowing accounts of what happens when children fall in love with the wrong people , and how the role of social workers in their lives can bring them back to an understanding of what love really means .
Readers will be introduced to several brave and inspirational children : Jemma , taken into care after her father tried to kill her; Angelika , abandoned by her mother, ending up in a criminal gang; Emma , whose life spiralled out of control after her mother's sudden death. Neglected explores these stories and more, ultimately aiming to answer the how can the circle of neglect be broken?
304 pages, Paperback
Published July 25, 2019
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September 21, 2025
Jenny Molloy takes us through a variety of stories from a variety of people and perspectives, highlighting the pain experienced at all corners, for families who aren’t able to love each other properly, and even for the ones helping them.
Story after story detailing injustice, and its insidious repercussions. Immersed in the experience and perspective of accountable narrators, desperately trying to manage life having been delt such a gruesomely bad hand.
Molloy ends with a chapter called ‘Love Works’, a reminder that authentic, positive connection is really what helps people to progress. Proving to them that not all people are bad, that it is worth doing the learning to understand how to love each other properly.
Story after story detailing injustice, and its insidious repercussions. Immersed in the experience and perspective of accountable narrators, desperately trying to manage life having been delt such a gruesomely bad hand.
Molloy ends with a chapter called ‘Love Works’, a reminder that authentic, positive connection is really what helps people to progress. Proving to them that not all people are bad, that it is worth doing the learning to understand how to love each other properly.
March 1, 2024
Very sad
June 16, 2025
Full of lots of little stories about people’s real lives and it’s very eye opening. Only problem was sometimes the way the chapters worked were confusing
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