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A Child Called "It"
One Child's Courage to Survive
by Dave Pelzer
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In this moving memoir, Dave Pelzer recalls his childhood, when he was abused by an alcoholic mother. He recounts the strategies he used to survive the "games" she devised that reduced him from a human being to an "it." Dave somehow survives, frees himself of his mother's tyranny, and eventually finds success in the Air Force.
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9781402505270,
Audio Cassette,
Recorded Books,
2001
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9780613171373,
Prebinding,
Bt Bound,
1999
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Publisher Notes
Tells the story of a child's abuse at the hands of his alcoholic mother.
Excerpt
The graphic autobiographical account of a man who suffered horrible abuse, including isolation and violence, as a child and who eventually achieved a successful life in society.
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