| David Pelzer writes a compelling account of his struggles as a young boy who faces the grueling and hateful attacks of his alchoholic mother. His once loving and beautiful "mommy", embraces the bottle when relationships in her life leave her disillusioned and angry. As the whiskey flows, so does her obscenities as she mercilessly starves and beats her son.
David courageously faces all her abuse, and wills up the mental fortitude to outwit her at her own "games". His perseverance and will to survive kept him going through long days with no food, no warm clothes and no love. Even after his mother stabbed him, pushed him down stairs, and made him breathe toxic fumes, David picked himself up and dressed his own wounds. Teachers at his school witness daily the bruises, neglect and starvation. Bravely, they keep a journal in the nurses station of every new wound David bears each day. He begs them not to tell "the secret" of his mothers' abuse, but they know something has to be done for this precious child. A child his mother calls "It". | ||
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Plot & Themes Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Kids: - parental abuse Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 () Small town? Yes Century: - 1960's-1970's Writing Style Book makes you feel? - angry If this is a kid's book: - Age 14-16 Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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