Description
A Man Named Dave, which has sold over 1 million copies, is the gripping conclusion to Dave Pelzers inspirational and New York Times bestselling trilogy of memoirs that began with A Child Called It and The Lost Boy.
All those years you tried your best to break me, and Im still here. One day youll see, Im going to make something of myself. These words were Dave Pelzers declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Daves father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality, denying him food and clothing, torturing him in any way she could imagine. This was the woman who told her son she could kill him any time she wanted toand nearly did.
The more than two million readers of Pelzers New York Times and international bestselling memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy know that he lived to tell his courageous story. With stunning generosity of spirit, Dave Pelzer invites readers on his journey to discover how he turned shame into pride and rejection into acceptance.
Author: Dave Pelzer
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: 09/01/2000
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.54h x 5.28w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780452281905
Language: English
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