A Book Review

Over the past few days I've been reading Dave Pelzer's "A Man Named Dave", the third book of this wonderful trilogy of "A Child Called 'It' ". This trilogy tells the saddest, most beautiful autobiography of how the author, Dave Pelzer, lived his childhood being abused by his alcoholic mother and broke free from his mother's curse to try to make something of himself. As harsh as it may sound, his mother would beat him on the back of his knees till he can't stand anymore, feed him spoonfuls of ammonia, trap him in the bathroom with a concoction of ammonia and Clorox, and  have him sleep in the basement with the sheer clothing she had given him. She would have him go for weeks without food and skate around the neighborhood in cold winter wind. He then escapes the prison they called his house to foster care as he studied and tried to save money for his coming life as an adult where he joins the Air Force Academy and goes on trying to pursue a happier life than the one his father lived. I do recommend reading this trilogy for the wonderful story of the child who lived through child abuse and was still determined to make something out of himself and pursuing his dream.

-D.A