I cried through most of the book, I had a hard time putting it down, and read it later, it's unthinkable all the pain and hurt his mother did to him, it's a very heart felt book, I honestly don't know how his mother could live with herself after the cruelty she put David through, and his dad how he went along with it, making excuses why she did what she did, I really don't understand why the mother never got charged with neglect and abuse, no justice for young David. Hope he's doing well now.