Trapped was a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster
carer Rosie Lewis.
Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl, is taken into police protection
after a chance comment to one of her teachers alerts the authorities
that all might not be what it seems in her comfortable, middle-class
home. Experienced foster carer Rosie accepts the youngster as an
emergency placement knowing that her autism will represent a challenge -
not only for her but also for the rest of the family.
But after several shocking incidents of self-harming, Pica and threats
to kill, it soon becomes apparent that Phoebe's autism may be the least
of her problems.
Locked for nine years in a secret world of severe abuse, as Phoebe opens
up about her horrific past, her foster carer begins to suspect that
Phoebe may not be suffering from autism at all.