As a child social worker for CPS and a licensed psychotherapist working with abused children for 15 years I found the book hardly credible. I feel the story was exaggerated and embellished. This man's story is bigger then life, and hardly believable. There are children that have to live with severe abuse. However there have always been measures in place. As mandated reporters teachers and school nurses have to report to CPS if they suspect abuse. There would have been a flood of reports from neighbors, school staff, and doctors through out the years of abuse. Why does the writer not talk about foster care. No mention in the book as how he made it. Was he not placed in foster care along the way. Also there is no one mentioned in the book that can be corroborated, only his account. I find it impossible to believe.