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A Child Called 'It': One child's courage to survive

by Dave Pelzer | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 1558743669 Global Overview for this book
Registered by FamFatale of Chantilly, Virginia USA on 4/11/2004
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4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by FamFatale from Chantilly, Virginia USA on Sunday, April 11, 2004
A must read. A disturbing, unforgettable story of child abuse.

Journal Entry 2 by MyPileOfBooks on Friday, April 23, 2004
To Be Read

Journal Entry 3 by MyPileOfBooks on Friday, April 23, 2004
All I can say is Jeez! I can not fathom what this child went through...and I can not believe that this women would treat her child this way! I just want to hug my little girl and never let go after reading this...I'm going to start reading the next one right now..

Journal Entry 4 by MyPileOfBooks on Thursday, May 6, 2004
Sending on to fellow BCer

Journal Entry 5 by ryanreader from St. Petersburg, Florida USA on Monday, October 18, 2004
got this in the mail today, thanks!


From Amazon.com
David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly, fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he had violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school!--but mostly it was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an alert schoolteacher saved David. One wants to learn more about his ordeal and its aftermath, and now he's written a sequel, The Lost Boy, detailing his life in the foster-care system.
Though it's a grim story, A Child Called "It" is very much in the tradition of Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul and the many books in that upbeat series, whose author Pelzer thanks for helping get his book going. It's all about weathering adversity to find love, and Pelzer is an expert witness.


Journal Entry 6 by ryanreader from St. Petersburg, Florida USA on Friday, February 18, 2005
forgot I read this one a few years ago...........that's why I keep track now!!

Journal Entry 7 by ryanreader from St. Petersburg, Florida USA on Wednesday, May 11, 2005
mailing off via relay

Journal Entry 8 by MollyGrue from Tacoma, Washington USA on Saturday, May 21, 2005
I'm looking forward to reading this. Thanks!

Journal Entry 9 by MollyGrue at Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Washington USA on Saturday, September 26, 2009

Released 15 yrs ago (9/26/2009 UTC) at Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Washington USA

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