My Review of Dead Dog Road by Diane N. Black

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Title: Dead Dog Road 

Author: Diane N. Black

Published: March 24,2024 

Published by: Black Flower Press 

Genre: Nonfiction, True Crime 

Pages: 322 pages 

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

Review: 

This is a heartbreaking story, a devastating reality for many children.  There are agencies that many parents fear but for the ones that need the agencies the most they seem to fall through the cracks. When most people hear stories about children who are adopted from other countries, usually it is seen as an ultimate act of sacrifice for the person to spend money and to want to try to help children in other countries that are less fortunate. However, these three children were adopted from Russia and they were adopted by a sadistic woman. As soon as these children arrived home they spoke Russian and she slapped them in the face and told them never to speak Russian again. These were children and they did not have a choice to come and did not understand. Then when the boy tried to run away and hid under a house the sheriff's office took him back to the home he was abused in! While there are so many reports child protective services still believe the adoptive mother's account of events and the denial of any abuse, they leave the children there. 
However, while under the investigation there was a director from a children's home who spoke to the children and tried to help these kids from unspeakable acts but she is met with a series of brick walls. The director tried different ways to help these children but ultimately they fell through the cracks! This is a heart-wrenching story that shows just how children can fall through the cracks of different agencies and how people can literally get away with it! Thank you Black Flower Press and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this one!