A Child Called It
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive David J. Pelzer, Brian Keeler (Narrator)
Publisher: Recorded Books
ISBN: 1402505272
DDC: 920
Edition: Audio Cassette; 2001-09
Summary:
David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this
ghastly, fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts
in her care, and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to
David, whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief,
horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him, told
from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved,
stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the contents
of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned over a
gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he had
violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school!--but mostly it
was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an
alert schoolteacher saved David. One wants to learn more about his
ordeal and its aftermath, and now he's written a sequel, The Lost
Boy, detailing his life in the foster-care system. Though it's a grim
story, A Child Called "It" is very much in the tradition of Chicken
Soup for the Couple's Soul and the many books in that upbeat series,
whose author Pelzer thanks for helping get his book going. It's all
about weathering adversity to find love, and Pelzer is an expert
witness.
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