A Child Called "It"

A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
A Child Called It is a horrifying story of the childhood abuse the author, David Pelzer, suffered at the hands of his mother. Surely this book is a must-read for anyone who deals with children, particularly those at most risk of being abused. The writing is clear but, despite its first-person perspective, seems slightly dispassionate. That little bit of dissociation might be necessary to protect both the reader and the author from an emotional intensity I can't even really imagine.


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