"It takes a community to save a child" (Man Named Dave, A - David Pelzer)

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Product:	Man Named Dave, A - David Pelzer
Date:	03/01/01 (667 review reads)
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Advantages: Places abuse in the spotlight.

Disadvantages: That is happened.

"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 the demons that haunt his dreams, Dave begins to build a life for himself as an adult while trying to reconcile guilt, self-doubt and an aching need to belong. Coming to terms with his past, Dave attempts to address his immobilising fears: first confronting his father and then the mother who so traumatised him as a child.

The book leads the reader through the echoes of Dave's inner turmoil, where the haunting reality of his childhood has most definitely left an indelible mark. He finds it difficult to trust, harder to love, and impossible to believe himself worthy of affection. But he fights as he has done throughout his life, to reach a sanctuary where he can challenge the horrors of yesterday while attempting to embrace his future.

A man named Dave is an inspirational true story of how a child came back from the brink of death at the hands of his own mother, to become a celebrated speaker on abuse awareness. As an adult, he now travels his native America giving presentations on child abuse and its dire effects. He offers the message that the abused does not always become the abuser, believing that everyone has options and that those same options require responsibility, accountability - and a great deal of help.

Dave Pelzer's story has reached millions throu
ghout the world and has become a best-seller. He refuses to be a victim, choosing resilience and courage to pave his way. He stumbles; he cries; and he makes mistakes; but he categorically refuses to allow his past to impinge on his future.
A man named Dave concludes the remarkable trilogy that was unbelievable to some, too frightening for others but nevertheless, a story that the world needed to hear.

General
(taken from the book)

For his unnerving work on child abuse awareness, Dave has received commendations from Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton, as well as other Heads of State.
California bestowed upon him the 'California Volunteer of the Year'.
The USA honoured him as being one of the 'Ten Outstanding Young Americans'.
The World followed suit with 'Outstanding Young Person of the World'.
Dave was also a torch bearer during the centennial Olympic games: carrying the much celebrated Olympic Flame.

Dave Pelzer's website: www.davepelzer.com

Price: £12.99 h/b, High Street
ISBN 0 75284 114 9

Trilogy
A child called "It" - 4-12 years
The Lost Boy - 12-18 years
A man named Dave 18+

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