Product Description
Dave Pelzer (3 Book Box Set Trilogy ) (Hardback Set - Ted Smart Editions)
Includes: A Man Named Dave; The Lost Boy; A Child Called 'It'.
A Child Called 'It' ( Originally 1995)
Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games ' games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. She no longer considered Dave a son, but a slave; no longer a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes were torn and smelly.
The Lost Boy ( Originally 1997)
As a child, Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his mother. The world knew nothing of his living nightmare and he had nothing and 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. Finally, his horrific plight could no longer be hidden from the outside world and Dave's life radically changed.
A Man Named Dave
At 18 Dave Pelzer's issued a declaration of independence to his mother - a woman who had abused him with shocking brutality. But even years after he was rescued, his life remained a continual struggle. Dave felt rootless and awkward, an outcast haunted by memories of his years as the bruised, cowering 'It' locked in his mother's basement.
Pelzer went on to serve in the US Army in the ( first) Gulf War.
This series was a huge bestseller in it's day, and was partly responsible for the popularity of what became ( disparagingly) termed 'Misery Memoirs' . The books are dark, obviously, but are classics of their kind.