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This book covers the first 12 years of David Pelzer's life. For some reason at around 4-5 years of age his Mother began abusing him. He could do nothing right. His Mother picked solely on him and his “punishments” became more and more horrific. His Father could not stand up to his wife and his brothers, one older one younger, pretended he didn't exist. He was tortured, starved and required to sleep in the garage. His parents had 2 more boys after the abuse began, neither was abused, although the
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Definitely hard to read the extensive abuse of a child at the hands of his mother. I have heard about this book for years but never got a hold of a copy until now. So unbelievably sad that this happens to so many children, maybe not to this extent, and sometimes worse but it's important these stories are heard. Great read.
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Never have I read a book, finished it, and had so many unanswered questions. I know in the back of the book the author states that many answers will be revealed in the following books, but I wonder if my questions will be answered. It's not that I think he's lying, but many statements in the book don't sit right with me. For a memoir, I don't see much emotion throughout the book. It's very flat language that reads like stereo instructions. The word usage also seems flat like he is talking about
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