All the Lies They Did Not Tell: The True Story of Satanic Panic in an Italian Community

This was an incredibly difficult book to follow. Being that it is based on true events, the amount of people who were constantly introduced made it hard to follow. Lots of families, social workers, teachers, fosters families, doctors, and others. There were so many moving parts to this story. However, overall I think the events that occurred are devastating, sad, shocking, and made me feel so many different feelings! There was so much harm done to these kids and their families and it’s truly heartbreaking. I have seen reviews of this book where people are upset because we should always believe survivors.. and YES- I have a career in which I work with survivors on a daily basis so I fully support that- BUT we have to keep in mind that it is possible (very small possibility) that people will either lie or over exaggerate things which then leads to big investigations in which we should NOT ask leading questions to children. So I am not angry with anyone with the author is this book. The author took their time to research these events and I think told the story very well. If I am upset with anyone it is the so called professionals who caused all of this mess during these events.