Publisher's Synopsis
Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made. This book is the child abuse story of the decade. It is based on the true story of a large Belgian family spanning the year 1879 to the present day. It focuses on the shocking brutal treatment by one family member - who was a brother, husband, and father - directed towards other family members. It begins with a love story between two young adults and moves on to their marriage and production of 16 children. All appears well as the family prospers. However, one of their children, Christian, shows an early predisposition to violence and brutality. The story then follows Christian from his early violent tendencies, through the alienation of his brothers and sisters, into his marriage where his brutality and violent tendencies continue with his wife and children, resulting in the shocking death of one of his children.
