A Man Named Dave - 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 ...  Read the complete review

"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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I've just finished reading the trilogy, and what can I say, what an amazing man. This final book charts his life from age 18 and his struggle to come to terms with the abuse he suffered from his mother as a child. His mother and father have split up and he has no contact with his mother at all at this time. His father is a drunk and most of the time Dave doesnt know where he is. He wants to get into the air force but as he didnt finish high school has a very tough time trying to convince them to let him in. After months of exams they finally let him in but even though he wants to train as a fireman, apparently he misses the deadline for ...  Read the complete review

This is the third book in the triology about Dave's life. This deals with Dave the man, who is a product of his childhood. I have just finished this book and was not suprised to read how his childhood had impacted on his adulthood. Dave clearly shows how his early life has affected his ability to make and sustain relationships. He allows the reader to begin to have some understanding of how we are all products of our childhood, to a lesser or greater degree. Having fostered children for 20 years, it has never ceased to amaze me how they seem to gravitate to similar children and how they find relationships difficult. Dave shows how and why this happens. ...  Read the complete review