A Child Called Hope: The true story of a foster mother’s love (HarperTrue Life – A Short Read)A dramatic debut short story from London based foster carer Mia Marconi. An incredible chain of events that began in Italy during WWII with an illegitimate pregnancy shaped Mias destiny. The illegitimate child was her father, a lost soul who she idolised. Protecting him instilled in her an instinct to care for the vulnerable and, after a chance meeting with a chaotic foster family, she decided fostering was her vocation. In an incredible twist of

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reunited with her long-lost grandfather

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