DEAD DOG ROAD

A True Story Into The Dark World Of An Abused Child

by Diane N. Black

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Pub Date Mar 24 2024 | Archive Date Apr 03 2024

BLACK FLOWER PRESS | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

Biographies & Memoirs | Nonfiction (Adult) | True Crime

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IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN, THE DIRECTOR OF A CHILDREN’S HOME TRIES TO SAVE THREE ADOPTED RUSSIAN CHILDREN LIVING WITH A SADISTIC WOMAN IN THE BACKWOODS OF CANEY HEAD.

A heart-stopping story that highlights the failure of the agencies we trust to protect the most vulnerable among us—and a truth more compelling and powerful than we could imagine. Abuse reports from neighbors draw attention to twelve-year-old Alexey who runs away to hide in the woods. The local child protection agency sends the director of the children’s home to visit Alexey and his younger sisters, Anastasia and Svetlana. But despite her compelling report the agency believes the denials of the adoptive mother and leaves the children in the abusive home. Knowing the horrible truth, the director faces one obstacle after another as she tries to find someone to protect the children from the unspeakable.

Dead Dog Road—a place where secrets are buried like the injured fighting dogs who are dumped there.

IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN, THE DIRECTOR OF A CHILDREN’S HOME TRIES TO SAVE THREE ADOPTED RUSSIAN CHILDREN LIVING WITH A SADISTIC WOMAN IN THE BACKWOODS OF CANEY HEAD.

A heart-stopping story that...

Advance Praise

A moving and captivating story. Brace yourself and prepare to go through a roller-coaster of emotions when you read DEAD DOG ROAD.

—Georgette Todd, author of Foster Girl, a Memoir

DEAD DOG ROAD dances between recalled conversations and Black telling us what is happening. Her ability to breathe life into the people she is talking to and talking about is exceptional. In a situation like this, there is no such thing as a totally happy ending, and a July 4th fireworks display in 2009 is proof of that, but Black is persistence and keeps fighting the good fight as she shares the passion as what unfolds transcends the page. Very highly recommended.

--Asher Syed, for Readers’ Favorite, 5 Stars

An enlightening account of the burdens facing both the abused and the people coming to their aid.

–Kirkus Reviews

DEAD DOG ROAD is a great story with important lessons, both for the Americans and the Russians, and told by a smart, compassionate person who knows it from the inside. Please do yourself a favor and read it!

--Andrei Sitov, TASS columnist and former Bureau Chief, Washington, DC.

Highly recommended!

–Randy Burton, Justice for Children, Houston, Texas

So fluently written that it reads like fiction, and, in the circumstances, I wish it were, but I’m so very glad I had the chance to read this memoir. DEAD DOG ROAD is most highly recommended.

--Jack Magnus, for Readers’ Favorite, 5 Stars

A moving and captivating story. Brace yourself and prepare to go through a roller-coaster of emotions when you read DEAD DOG ROAD.

—Georgette Todd, author of Foster Girl, a Memoir

DEAD DOG ROAD dances...