Black Flower Press

                                                                                                 DEAD DOG ROAD 
                                                       A TRUE STORY INTO THE DARK WORLD OF AN ABUSED CHILD
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                                                                                                  ABOUT THE BOOK
                                                                                  
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. 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. 

                                                                                                  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

DIANE BLACK is a licensed professional counselor who was drawn into child advocacy when she visited a residential treatment facility and saw first-hand the inadequate level of care the children received and the deplorable conditions. As a result, she founded a home for abused and neglected children, The Roosevelt House. As the executive director, she galvanized the community and organized fund raisers turning the for- mer dilapidated hotel into a comfortable and beautiful home with quality care. Over the years, Diane testified for dozens of abused children within the court system, and treated hundreds of abused children during her time in private practice as a psychotherapist in Texas. Her formal education includes an undergraduate degree in social work and a master’s degree in education, with a specialty in counseling and development. Her post graduate work had a focus on children who had experienced trauma. Diane visited the Russian Embassy where she had the privilege of discussing the issues of international adoption with high-ranking diplomats. She was later interviewed extensively by the Russian media. Diane began studying the craft of writing when life put her into a story she felt needed to be told.