A child called "it"
About this book
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.
Subjects
- abused children
- abuse - general
- abusive mothers
- barnmisshandel
- biografía
- biographies
- biography
- biography / autobiography
- california
- california, biography
- child abuse
- child of impaired parents
- children of alcoholics
- daly city
- dave pelzer
- domestic violence
- dysfunctional families
- enfants
- enfants d'alcooliques
- families
- family
- family relationships
- family violence
- foster home care
- hijos de alcohólicos
- hogares adoptivos
- kindesmisshandlung
- large type books
- madres abusivas
- mères violentes
- niños maltratados
- pelzer, david j
- personal narratives
- reading level-grade 10
- reading level-grade 11
- reading level-grade 12
- reading level-grade 8
- reading level-grade 9
- relaciones familiares
- relations familiales
- religion
- self-help
- self-help / abuse
- spanish: adult nonfiction
- specific groups - special needs
- spirituality - general
- united states, biography
- violence envers
- violence familiale
- violencia en la familia