01346cam a2200253 4500 417935916 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 180605s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781848453104 1848453108 TxAuBib Gudenkauf, Heather. Little mercies / Heather Gudenkauf. [Great Britain : Harlequin MIRA, 2014. 368 pages ; 21 cm. Includes reader's guide. Veteran social worker Ellen Moore is a fiercely dedicated children's advocate and a devoted mother and wife. But one blistering summer day, a simple moment of distraction will have repercussions that Ellen could never have imagined, threatening to shatter everything she holds dear, and trapping her between the gears of the system she works for. Meanwhile, ten-year-old Jenny Briard suddenly finds herself on her own, forced to survive with nothing but a few dollars and her street smarts. The last thing she wants is a social worker, but when Ellen's and Jenny's lives collide, little do they know just how much they can help one another. 20200101. Social workers Fiction. Women Fiction. Motherhood Fiction. Domestic fiction.