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

by Dave Pelzer | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 1558743669 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Shemchin of Plano, Texas USA on 11/14/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by Shemchin from Plano, Texas USA on Friday, November 14, 2008
Birthday RABCK to gunvor

Journal Entry 2 by Shemchin at Søborg, København Amt Denmark on Monday, November 17, 2008

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Birthday RABCK to gunvor

Journal Entry 3 by gunvor from Herlev, København Amt Denmark on Saturday, December 6, 2008
Thanks for the book, I got it by mail today.

Journal Entry 4 by gunvor from Herlev, København Amt Denmark on Tuesday, January 27, 2009
This is a hard book to rate. It's an awful but at the same time an important book. Child abuse is really hard to understand - what happens to parents that think they have the right harm their child? As I read it I thought luckily this was in the 60ies and these things dont happen anymore. At the same time here in Denmark on the news there was a story of a 13-year old girl being held slave by her parents. So guess they still do, and it's important to acknowledge that they happen so the poor children can get help.

Journal Entry 5 by gunvor at on Friday, May 15, 2009

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Journal Entry 6 by BarkLessWagMore from Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thanks for sending this one to me. It sounds like a grueling read and I appreciate you sharing it with me.

Journal Entry 7 by BarkLessWagMore from Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on Monday, June 1, 2009
This was a tough book to read but having read Jack Ketchum's "The Girl Next Door" which was as horrific a tale of child abuse as any I've ever read and which was scarily based on a true story, this one didn't shock me. It was sad and horrible and I am so glad the child managed to become a stable adult but the writing style really prevented me from becoming involved with the child's nightmare. It read as if the author made a list of every horrible thing his mother ever did to him and wrote them down one by one. There was usually no lead in to the punishments. He just went right into them with no rhyme or reason. It was painful to read but also tedious. I don't think I'll search out the other books in the series unless I hear that the writing has improved.

Thank you all for sharing. I'm going to pass it along now.

Journal Entry 8 by BarkLessWagMore at Post Office in Windham, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Released 15 yrs ago (6/2/2009 UTC) at Post Office in Windham, New Hampshire USA

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