A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
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Release date: 1995-09-01
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Author: Dave Pelzer
Child abuse, Biography & Autobiography, Biography / Autobiography, Biography/Autobiography, Abuse - General, General, Specific Groups - Special Needs, Self-Help / General, Personal Memoirs, Abused children, Abusive mothers, Biography, California, Children of alcoholics, Daly City, Family relationships, Pelzer, David J
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Date undefinedWhat a wonderful heartbreaking book. I read this book in one night. I tried to put it down after the chapter The Accident. I lay there in my bed and cannot stop my mind from wondering, what happened to this little boy. I had to finish it, that night. The next morning I ordered 3 more of David's books. 5 STAR BOOK
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Date undefinedI found this book to be very disturbing in many ways.
First the shear horror of the acts inflicted on this child by a parent were too disturbing to complete.
Second, the detail that is included in the book from the time this man was 5 or 6 until he was 12 or 13 is just a little too over the top for me to believe it is actually the memory of a small child.
I am not denying that he was abused but I felt there was a little bit of embelishment from the adult writing.
I could not finish the book nor am I interested in ready the rest of his writtings. I find it amazing that he can over come the abuse and become a whole person but it was just a little much for me
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Date undefinedIt's hard to believe that anything like this can ever happen. I admire that Dave Pelzer came far enough to be able to write about this book and the horrors of child abuse. Violent, senseless, and powefully told.
