This book captures and describes the cruelty the author as a young boy of barely 4 years of age had to endure in nightmarish conditions at the hands and mercy of a society of strange and socially unfit nuns. It also describes his survival techniques, bravery and ingenuity he and his mother had to invent to stay alive as they desperately tried to navigate through the unspeakable acts of cruel violence and insanity from a sadistic stepfather. The author's terrifying attempts to escape and to find safety in a corner of the world he thought he would be safe in.