A Child Called It Dave Pelzer,
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 0752832220
DDC: 920
Edition: Hardcover; 2000-02-10
Summary:
Dave Pelzer’s story is the story of a child brutally beaten and
starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who
played tortuous, unpredictable games – games that left one of her
three sons nearly dead. Dave had to learn how to play his mother’s
games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son,
but a slave; and no longer a boy but an ‘it’. His bed was an old army
cot in the basement, his clothes were torn and smelly and when he was
allowed the luxury of food it was scraps from the dogs’ bowl. The
outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed
doors. But throughout Dave kept alive dreams of finding a family to
love him, care for him, call him their son. It took many years of
struggle, deprivation and despair to find his dream and then to make
something of himself in the world. This book covers the early years
of his life and is an affecting and inspirational look at the horrors
of child abuse and the steadfast determination of one child to
survive despite the odds.
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