Pelzer, David J,

A child called "it" : an abused child's journey from victim to victor / [print] Dave Pelzer. - Deerfield Beach, Florida : Health Communications, (c)1995. - xi, 184 pages ; 19 cm.

Originally published: Omaha Nebraska : Omaha Press Pub. Company, 1993.

The rescue -- Good times -- Bad boy -- The fight for food -- The accident -- While father is away -- The Lord's Prayer -- Epilogue -- Perspectives on child abuse.

[This book] is [an] 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 torturous, 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." -Back cover.



9780613171373 9781558743663

95020792


Pelzer, David J.


Abused children--California--Daly City--Biography.
Children of alcoholics--California--Daly City--Biography.
Abusive mothers--Family relationships--California--Daly City.
Family violence--California--Daly City.
Foster home care--California.

HV883.P393.C455 1995