Biography Books > Dave Pelzer Biography Books

Advantages: feel waht the writer is feeling.
Disadvantages: some parts bring you close to crying/vomiting

a truly heartfelt story of a boy who is physically abused by his alcoholic mother. she treated him like a slave & made him know as 'it', he was no longer a child but a thing that she could control who was so naive & weak. many times managing to put him on the edge of death & injuring him to such an extent. you really feel dave pelzers misery & pain the way he describes the things he had to go through & how he found it so hard to stop hoping & loving ... Read review

Advantages: (+) easy to follow format (+) language not too advanced (+) very reflective of life
Disadvantages: (-) may be a little lengthy for some people

As with the majority of my reviews, I will provide you with a brief background to the product in question and, in this case, the author David Pelzer. Who is David Pelzer? David Jame Pelzer is an American author however, he is involved in many other areas of work, including campaigning for children's rights. He was born on 29th December, 1960 in California, USA and was one of five sons. Pelzer is most commonly known for writing books about ...
..."It"" are probably his most famous and popular books. It is in these books that the reader finds out just how abusive his childhood was - Pelzer tells of his Mother starving and beating him and on many occasions making him drink dangerous fluids such as ammonia and bleach. Is this book the same as his previous work? Yes and no. Whilst "Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage, and Happiness" does note some of the events of Pelzer's life, it ... Read review

Advantages: It is a great read!
Disadvantages: You have no social life until you finish it!

...going to review is called My Story, an autobiography written by an American called David Pelzer. The Story was orginally released as 3 seperate stories but now has been combined to make My Story.I bought this book around a year ago and from the moment i started to read it i couldnt put it down. This book is based on a true story and throughout most of the book i could feel my eyes filling up with tears. It is about a young boy tortured,humiliated ... Read review

Advantages: highlights the truth about what people go through
Disadvantages: A very upsetting book to read

The opening of the book is heart rendering, you will feel drained and emotional while reading, there are no fairy tales or laughter, just heartache, cruelness, torture and fear. It is the story of David Pelzer who wrote the book, it is about his childhood and upbringing by a cruel, cold drunken evil sad excuse for a mother. The facts in this book refer to David's case of child abuse as the 3rd most horrific case that the USA has dealt with. When ...
...considered the norm, his mother treated him like any mother would treat their child until things start to change. She turns to drink and starts to torment David, at this point David's life ends as far as childhood goes. As I entered the next stage of the book I find myself wondering how lucky our children are and how petty the things they whine about are, I also find myself enraged that this happened. The family had dogs, the dogs were treated with ... Read review

Advantages: Very touching biography
Disadvantages: Sometimes it can get to intimadating to read

...the abuse Dave had as a child it brings tears to your eyes to think that a mother could do something so gruesome and unhuman like to their own son. I find it truly comforting that Dave can speak of his abuse, I have read quite a few biographies where the authors have been abused but Dave Pelzers biographies are by far the very best. I would seriously reccommend this book to anyone that is interested in biographies. ... Read review