Dave Pelzer's "A Child Called It"

Dave Pelzer is the author of the famous three part series of his life story. His interesting and emotional life story comes in three books. "A Child Called It", "A Lost Boy" and "A Man Named Dave". These speak about his life and his bad experiences with his cruel mother. Today, I shall be telling you about Dave's first book, A Child Called It.

At the early stages of Dave's life, he was treated by his mother like how all other mothers do. It was only when his mother started drinking that her evil side was unveiled. Dave suffered under his alcoholic mother for the rest of his childhood. He was treated inhumanely, forced to sit on a burning stove, forced into a bathroom filled with Clorox and forced to swallow detergent.

Dave's moral self-esteem was also greatly lowered as his mother did not take him as part of the family anymore. He was also referred by his mother as 'it'. Thus giving rise to the title of the book (A Child Called 'It'). Dave was beaten and tortured by his mother endlessly and forced to tell lies when teachers asked him about his mysterious cuts and bruises. It was as thought Dave was a Prisoner-Of-War.
I was especially disgusted when a part of the book stated that David was also forced to eat human waste (Which is--- Faeces). I cannot think of any living being in this world that would treat their child in this manner. It is simply unacceptable to everyone who is in the right side of mind and that's why Dave's mother isn't!

His father, Stephen Pelzer, was the only other family member who was with Dave all along. He was part of the reason Dave had the willpower to live on. However, Stephen's numerous attempts to save Dave from the evil jaws of his mother were all unsuccessful. Dave's father was also rejected from the family and thus went out onto the streets all alone.

In the next two books, Dave is out of the madhouse, but he starts recalling back the good years when his mother treated him like a precious jewel. He then enters a huge dilemma, not knowing what to do and who to consult. The story comes to a touching end when Dave would meet his father in a totally different state, drunk like a living corpse, having no intention for the rest of his sorrowful life. When his father died of cancer in a hospital. Evil mother still refuses to visit him, despite being successfully contacted. Leaving poor father to be laid to death only with Dave's company and his only achievement in life, his firefighter badge...

This moving story is the absolutely the greatest, most touching, interesting book I've read in my life.