Advantages: A heart rendering read, that you will not be able to put down Disadvantages: none
A Child Called It is part of a trilogy from the author Dave Pelzer. It is a true account of his life from the age of four till an adult. Dave has experienced a truly extraordinary life. As a child, he endured the horrors of child abuse, which included physical torture, mental cruelty, and near starvation. Upon Dave's rescue, he was identified as one of the most severely abused children in California's history. At age 12, Dave's teachers risked their careers to notify the authorities and saved his life. Upon Dave's removal, he was made a ward of the court and placed in foster care until he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at age 18. As a young adult Dave was determined to better himself--no matter what the odds.
A Child Called It
This book tells the story of Dave who became known to his mother as the boy then the child called It. He ...
Advantages: He was brave enough to tell his story Disadvantages: The fact that he was abused for so long
I've read many books. A few have made me laugh, and a few have made me sad. But, I've never had a book draw me to tears before - until this one, "A Child Called 'It'". This is a truely remarkable book written by a truely remarkable man.
Dave Pelzer was brutally abused by his mother. In the 70's, his case was the 3rd worst child abuse case in Californian history.
This 1st of 3 books of his life is from the ages of 4 yrs - 12 yrs old. Before the age of 4, his life was fine. He mother was a loving, doting mother and wife. But, in what seems an instant, she changed. Right up until her dying day (in book 3), she never explained as to what made her change the way she did.
Dave had 2 older brothers and 1 younger brother. The book starts off by how the teachers found out about him being abuse, although they weren't aware ...
Advantages: Full of entertaining shows... Disadvantages: ...full of repeats
Of course, it's the wonderful 'Dave'...the artist formerly known as UKTV G2. Not exactly the most exciting of sounding television channels, so they glamourised it...by called it 'Dave'...because everyone knows a Dave.
The concept of the channel is simply a station airing predominantly repeats of entertainment and comedy shows. It doesn't air 24-hours a day, instead it tends to broadcast until approximately 3am each night, and then restarts at 7am, with a bit of mind-boggling Teleshopping thrown in there for good measure.
But what does it show? Well during the day it plays repeats of entertainment shows such as Top Gear, Ray Mear's Extreme Survival, Trawlermen, Traffic Cops and Fifth Gear; all seemingly quite 'manly' shows aimed at blokes called 'Dave' presumably...
As the day's schedule moves on it tends to focus ...
carl.mcqueen 30.10.2009
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