Dave Pelzer
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born
December 29, 1960
gender
male
place of birth
Daly City, California, The United States
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Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Social Sciences
about this author
#1 New York Times and #1 International Best Selling author recipient of The National Jefferson Award. As a child his resilence enabled him to overcome extreme lifethreatening obstacles. He has expierenced a truely extraordinary life. He nearly died several times by the hands of his mentally disturbed alcoholic mother. Years later it was determined that Dave's case was identified as one of the most gruesome and extreme cases of child abuse in California's history. At the age of 12, Dave was finally rescued and placed in a series of foster homes until he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the age of 18. Even with all that was against him, Dave was determined to better himself no matter what the odds. As an adult, for over 20 years, Dave's insp...more
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""well, young man," the judge began, what it biols down to this if the court so desires and if you belive that your home setting is undesirable... you may return and desire with your mother at your home residents""
— Dave Pelzer (The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family)
— Dave Pelzer (The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family)
""The most beautiful highway in the world""
— Dave Pelzer (A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive)
— Dave Pelzer (A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive)
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