"As someone who's deeply studied psychological indoctrination, Child X is a staggering triumph over the unimaginable. A profoundly moving and important book, at once haunting and beautiful." --Holt McCallany, lead actor, David Fincher's Mindhunter (Netflix) " Child X is a vivid, harrowing memoir of a childhood shadowed by hardship and illiteracy in a dark movement, ultimately of personal redemption and triumphant artistic self-expression. Its message is essential." --Gabor Maté, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Myth of Normal "A moving story about overcoming the impossible." --Hilary Bevan Jones, film and television producer and first female chairman of BAFTA "A riveting trek through history and the resilience of humanity, Child X unpacks the legacy and unyielding resilience of a young boy just trying to survive. A book you can't put down." --Jelani Memory, vice president and publisher at DK Books/Penguin Random House and winner of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Bravery in Literature " Child X is brave and deeply moving.

Profound and powerful, this work is a cinematic, literary masterpiece." --Laura Hearn, former BBC news and current affairs journalist and producer "As someone who's seen war, Jamie's story is an astonishing childhood of the brutality of a different kind of combat. A harrowing and inspiring journey of what a human being can overcome and endure. If blood runs through your veins, read this book." --Lt. Colonel Paul Toolan, Ranger and Commander of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (ret.) " Child X reveals that resilience and vulnerability are a superpower. Together they are the deafening whisper that says, I will not let my past dictate my future.

I was blown away by the power of this story and how it can serve all of us." --Jimmy Akingbola, lead actor, In the Long Run (HBO) "An exploration of the human experience that is at once tragic and soul-stirring. An exhilarating true story of what is possible for a human being to overcome--a vivid road map of the human experience." --John Faber, MD, forensic trauma doctor and former national medical director of behavioral health at Humana "A stirring story of a boy born at the darkest edges of humanity and his road back. Raised by wolves, a lost child can find themselves. Emotional and profound." --Frank Ochberg, MD, founding board member of the International Society for Trauma Stress Studies who clinically defined Stockholm Syndrome for the FBI in 1975.