A Man Named Dave : a story of triumph and forgiveness / Dave Pelzer.

By:

Pelzer, David J

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Plume, 2000.Description: x, 290 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0452281903 (pbk.)
0613335953

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.76 21

Subject: These words were Dave Pelzer''s declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Dave''s father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality, denying him food and clothing, torturing him in any way she could imagine. This was the woman who told her son she could kill him any time she wanted to -- and nearly did. The more than two million readers of Pelzer''s previous international bestsellers, A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy, know that he lived to tell his courageous story. A Man Named Dave is the gripping conclusion to his inspirational trilogy. With stunning generosity of spirit, Dave Pelzer invites readers on his journey to discover how he turned shame into pride and rejection into acceptance.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Biography	West Grey Neustadt Branch Shelves	Non-fiction	362. 76 PEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		35830002083060

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"Previously published in a Dutton edition"--T.p. verso.

These words were Dave Pelzer''s declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Dave''s father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality, denying him food and clothing, torturing him in any way she could imagine. This was the woman who told her son she could kill him any time she wanted to -- and nearly did. The more than two million readers of Pelzer''s previous international bestsellers, A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy, know that he lived to tell his courageous story. A Man Named Dave is the gripping conclusion to his inspirational trilogy. With stunning generosity of spirit, Dave Pelzer invites readers on his journey to discover how he turned shame into pride and rejection into acceptance.

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