A Child Called 'It'

A Child Called 'It'

Freedom to Read, Abused children--California--Daly City--Biography, Children of alcoholics--California--Daly City--Biography, Abusive mothers--California--Daly City--Family Relationships

"Brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable and alcoholic mother, Dave became a slave; he was no longer a boy, but an ‘it’. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes torn and unwashed, and when he was allowed the luxury of food it was scraps from the dog’s bowl. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed doors. But throughout it all, Dave kept alive dreams of finding a family to love him.

A Child Called ‘It’ shares the emotional story of the early years of his life, detailing the horrors of child abuse and the steadfast determination of one child to survive. It is the first book in the My Story trilogy." - From the publisher

This book includes extracts from the next two volumes of Dave Pelzer's autobiography. The Chapters are "The Lost Boy" and "A Man Named Dave."

Pelzer, David J.

London : Orion

2001

© Dave Pelzer 1995

Book, xi, 169 pages, [47 pages], 18 x 11.5 x 2 cm

English

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18 x 11.5 cm