Since David Pelzer published his gruelling A Child Called It, he has since gone on to spawn 2 follow ups, as well as a self help book, and a myriad of similar material from various authors. His own brother has even cashed in on his success with a similar (if not better written) version of the events that took place in the Pelzer household. As well as the autobiographical, we also have various collections told from the point of view of bystanders - ranging from social workers, to family friends. They come with mixed results. Many are so badly written they are virtually unreadable. Some are gratuitious. And then there are the one's that are just ...  Read the complete review

Tigers Child - Torey Hayden Tiger's Child is one of Hayden's only sequel books in her collection. Her first book, 'One Child' followed the story of Sheila, a young disturbed little six year old girl as she entered Torey's classroom for special children after committing a serious crime against another young child. For a more detailed review on this book, please see my previous review. 'Tiger's Child' is the sequel to 'One Child' and having only just read the prequel, I was full of expectations. 'One Child', although deeply disturbing in parts, was probably one of Hayden's best stories in the sense of her writing style and people involved in the story. I found ...  Read the complete review

Tiger's Child ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the follow up true story of the life of Sheila Renstad, whom Torey Hayden wrote about in the book "One Child" A book which I've already reviewed and was also made into a film "Untamed Love" ….also reviewed by me, (shameless plug LOL) In this book, the first few chapters are dedicated to telling us the abbreviated version of One Child, so if you haven't read that you get to know quite a bit about it, but in my opinion you really should read the first book before this…….. I found the fact that Hayden repeated most of that story over the course of the first four chapters quite irritating to be ...  Read the complete review

The Tiger's Child continues the story of 'Sheila' - an abandoned and abused child who had been placed within Hayden's class when she was six years old. Torey Hayden manages to track down Sheila seven years later and this book tells the story of their reunion and enables readers to find out what happened within those seven years and how Sheila's life has turned out. It's an interesting one really, it's fact based and so feels unkind to criticise it in any way but I found it less engrossing than 'One Child' but perhaps that is down to my own 'happy ever after' expectations. It's quite a real lesson to readers about the impact of abuse many years down the line ...  Read the complete review

I would like to start by saying that I am a huge fan of Torey Hayden! I have read many of her books and cannot fault a single one. Her very first book 'One Child' was a huge success and so she wrote the book I am reviewing 'Tiger's Child' as a follow up. As this book is the follow up to 'One Child' I would recomend reading the first one before this one otherwise it won't make a lot of sense. Torey Hayden has wrote many many book about her time working as a special needs teacher and she really is an amazing writer. She writes about her struggles and her successes in a honest and open way that leaves you captivated to ...  Read the complete review