A child called "It" : one child's courage to survive / Dave Pelzer.
Material type: TextPublication details: Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c1995.Description: xi, 184 p. ; 19 cmISBN:- 1558743669 (pbk.)
- 9781558743663
- Pelzer, David J
- Abused children -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Abusive mothers -- California -- Daly City -- Family relationships
- Children of alcoholics -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Family violence -- California -- Daly City
- Foster home care -- California
- Child Abuse -- personal narratives
- Child of Impaired Parents -- personal narratives
- Foster Home Care -- personal narratives
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 362.76 P393 | Checked out | 06/21/2024 | 33111011082407 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead. He 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."
Dave's bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was nothing more than spoiled scraps that even the dogs refused to eat. The outside world knew nothing of his living nightmare. He had nothing or no one to turn to, but his dreams kept him alive--dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son.
"An inspirational story." -- Cover.
Originally published: Omaha, Neb. : Omaha Press Pub. Co., 1993.
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