6 hours and 40 minutes
Diego’s Story
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Thrown Away Children: Audiobooks in Order
Few series carry the emotional weight of Thrown Away Children, Louise Allen’s accounts drawn from the world of fostering and the young lives that pass through it. The volume we hold, Diego’s Story, gives one such child a voice across 6 hours and 40 minutes. This is memoir with a social conscience, tender and unflinching by turns, and it hooks listeners precisely because these stories are real, particular and impossible to look away from.
- 1 audiobooks
- 6 hours of listening
- 4.2/5 average (15 ratings)
- narrated by Melanie Crawley
- Biographies & Memoirs
The Thrown Away Children audiobooks in order
6 hours and 40 minutes
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Series at a glance
| # | Title | Length | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | Diego’s Story | 6 hours and 40 minutes | 4.2/5 (15) |
Why listen to Thrown Away Children?
True stories of this kind ask a great deal of a narrator, and Melanie Crawley gives Diego’s Story the sensitivity it needs, letting difficult material breathe without ever tipping into melodrama. Heard aloud over nearly seven hours, a life like this lands with an intimacy the printed page can struggle to match, which is exactly why memoir suits audio so well.Each book in the series centres on a different child, so Diego’s Story works perfectly as a standalone starting point. It will speak to listeners drawn to social memoir, to anyone with an interest in fostering and care, and to readers who value hard truths told with real compassion. Be prepared for genuinely affecting moments; this is not a comfortable listen, but it is a worthwhile one.
Clara’s verdict
★★★★☆ 3.5/5
I want to weigh this fairly. The subject is important and Crawley narrates it with real care, yet the numbers ask for honesty: 15 ratings is a slim sample, and the 4.2 average, while respectable, is the gentlest in this group. My reading is that the material moves people but may divide them a touch on delivery. I would recommend it to anyone drawn to social memoir, with the plain caveat that the evidence base is still small and the emotional demands are real.
Clara Whitmore, Founder & Literary Critic
Frequently asked questions
How many audiobooks are in the Thrown Away Children series?
Our catalogue lists 1 Thrown Away Children audiobooks, adding up to around 6 hours of listening.
Which Thrown Away Children audiobook should I start with?
Listeners rate Diego’s Story highest, but reading order usually starts with book 1.
Who narrates the Thrown Away Children audiobooks?
Most of the series is narrated by Melanie Crawley.
Are the Thrown Away Children audiobooks worth listening to?
Across the series, listeners average 4.2/5 from 15 ratings on Audible and Amazon.
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