Man Named Dave, A - David Pelzer

So, the end of the Pelzer story has reached a conclusion (for now, anyhow). I still have my doubts about the capabilities and the reasoning behind the existence, quality and validity about the story of Dave Pelzer. Not, in the sense of how true his story is, but of why it was written and the way in which it was told. But my mind has been changed on some counts, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. In the third book in the Pelzer trilogy the life of Dave is told from his late teens until the time of writing, and his self-confessed state of happiness and contentment with his self and his life. Through his persistence in becoming an aircrew member of the ...

"It takes a community to save a child" A man named Dave - the final instalment of the trilogy (see below) - charts the author's path from eighteen to middle age. Until the age of 11, Dave Pelzer was severely tortured, both physically and emotionally by his mother. His father remained passive and unreceptive to his son's plight, simply joining his wife at the bottom of a glass. Only when the school decided to take action was Dave finally removed from the cloying grip of his mother's satanic cruelty - and the events of one of the most horrific and sustained cases of child abuse in Californian history came to light. Facing ...

Dave Pelzer's book - A Man Named Dave - is his third book about his life. The first book, 'A Child Called It' covered his childhood and how he survived the extreme physical and mental abuse he received from his Mother. The second book, 'The Lost Boy', covers his teenage years and his 5 foster homes. This book covers his adult life. Although his has written another book, this is the last one in the series concerning his life. As a child he dreamt of being Superman. How he would fly and be free. Free from 'The Mother' as he called her. As he lay on his cold, hard, army cot, he would dream of a better life. Little did he know at the time that his dream would come ...