A Child Called "It"
[This book] is [an] account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games - games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it." -Back cover.
184 pages, 3 editions
English edition · First published 1995 by Health Communications · ISBN 9780757319105
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Editions
3 editions
English
- A Child Called "It" · Health Communications · 1995 · ISBN 9780757319105 · 1 reader This page
- A child called "it" · Orion · 2010 · ISBN 9781409124627 · 1 reader
- A Child Called 'It': One Child's Courage to Survive · Orion · 2001 · ISBN 9780752837505 · 1 reader
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