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A Child Called "It" – Pelzer's first book, it tells his story and describes the physical and mental abuse he suffered from ages 4–12 at the hands of his mother. This book goes into detail about the abuse, including beatings, starvation, manipulation games, and even being stabbed.
Nov 20, 2020 · A Child Called “It” is author Dave Pelzer’s autobiographical account of the abuse he endured at his mother’s hands from ages 4 to 12. His experience was one of the worst cases of child abuse reported in California history at the time. The book is the first in a trilogy—the first chronicling the childhood abuse, the second his teenage ...
I just finished "A child called it". I know it is officially marked as a memoir, but is it really? Some stories in the book contradict each other, while other stories doesn't make much sense. I cannot say that I did not enjoy the book (not that the events are enjoyable but you know what I mean), but I felt like the author is mocking the readers ...
Jan 1, 2001 · A Child Called "It":One Child's Courage to Survive Dave Pelzer Health Communications, Inc., 1993, 153 pp., $9.95 ISBN 1-55874-366-9 Have your parents ever abused you? In The Child Called "It", a true story that can bring tears to the eyes of anyone with a beating heart, Dave, the protagonist, is abused in the most horrifying ways possible. What ...
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A Child Called "It" is written as an autobiographical account of David Pelzer's childhood, so it should be a true story. There are some people, however, who doubt the veracity of the book.
A Child Called "It" is the unforgettable story of a child whose courage and unyielding determination enabled him to survive extreme life-threatening odds. As a child, Dave was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous games--games that left him Dave nearly dead. With only his ...
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Jul 28, 2002 · Pat Jordan article on Dave Pelzer, author of autobiographical best-selling trilogy A Child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave ; Pelzer is currently on book tour; books recall his ...
