You Can't Have My Daughter

When Elizabeth was approved to adopt ten-year-old Lara, it was a dream come true. But Lara's early life had been so abusive that her emotional damage was not easily healed, even though she was now in a loving home. By the age of twelve her behaviour was out of control and, unbeknownst to her mother, she had fallen prey to an abusive circle of older men.For the next five years Elizabeth put herself in danger as she tried to rescue her daughter from these predators, while at the same time battling the authorities and trying to get the help Lara so desperately needed. She had no idea that, right under the noses of the police and social services, Lara was being exploited by Oxford's ring of sex traffickers - drugged, manipulated and sold.Deeply moving and inspirational, You Can't Have My Daughter is the story of a mother determined to keep her promise to her child: "I will always be there for you, whether you want me to or not."