Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
My Story
My Story | Dave Pelzer
The remarkable trilogy from SUNDAY TIMES No.1 Bestseller Dave Pelzer - now in one volume. A CHILD CALLED 'IT' is Dave Pelzer's story of a child beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. Dave was no longer considered a son, or a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement and when he was allowed food it was scraps from the dogs' bowl. Throughout, Dave kept alive the dream of finding a family who would love and care for him. THE LOST BOY: the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of Dave's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family who will love him. A MAN NAMED DAVE: the gripping conclusion to this inspirational trilogy. With extraordinary generosity of spirit, Dave takes us on a journey into his past. At last he confronts his father and ultimately his mother. Finally, Dave finds the courage to break the chains of the past and learn to love, trust and live for the future.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
ZCP91
Pickpick

Sad.

blurb
Eggs
My Story | Dave Pelzer
post image

1~I had a comic book collection!
2~Yes like a champ! Complete with all the songs/chants, and Chinese jump rope that we made with rubber bands
3~Fractured Fairy Tales and Boris & Natasha
4~PB&J
5~I lived across the street from my elementary school so I went home for lunch.
6~Walked K-12

#yourstory
@nu-bibliophile

Headinherbooks_27 Must've been nice to be able to go home for lunch. 5y
Prairiegirl_reading I also lived across the street and I always went home too! 5y
mom2bugnbee Fellow Rocky & Bullwinkle fan here! 🙋🏻‍♀️ (Does that make us old? 😉) 5y
See All 8 Comments
Eggs @nu-bibliophile The nicest part was that while I ate, Mom sat across the table and read to me😢❤️ 5y
Eggs @Prairiegirl_reading 💗💗💗 5y
Eggs @mom2bugnbee No—it just makes us women with discerning taste🤗😉😊 5y
Headinherbooks_27 What a lovely memory ❤❤ 5y
mom2bugnbee @Eggs I'll take it! 😁 5y
42 likes8 comments
blurb
SW-T
My Story | Dave Pelzer
post image

Guilty as charged. 🤣🤣🤣

#humor #readinghabits #litsyhumor #bookwormproblems

Crazeedi 😹😹 6y
20 likes1 comment
blurb
monkeygirlsmama
My Story | Dave Pelzer
post image

#AndItsAugust Shoebag, a cockroach turned human, is an #UnusualNarrator.
#AugustGrrrl Dave Pelzer's childhood was utterly horrendous. It's a wonder he managed to #LiveToTell his story, but live he did. I highly recommend this gut wrenching book, though it's not for the faint of heart.
#BackToReading I ❤️ my paperback copy (same cover as pictured) of To Kill a Mockingbird. #BannedBookLove

Cinfhen I'm too emotional to read those type of stories 😭 my heart goes out to the author 7y
monkeygirlsmama @Cinfhen I hear ya on that front. 😶 When I read the first one I absolutely loved it, which seems like a ridiculously terrible thing to say. I hated how he was treated, by his own mother no less. And still there was something remarkable, I suppose his resilience, that drew me in and made me rush out for the other two books. It broke me to read them but they were so good. 7y
Cinfhen #resilience is the first word that popped into my head, as well. I'm always amazed at what the human mind and body can endure. Just wish it wasn't necessary 😞 7y
49 likes4 comments