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2020-This book was hard to start for me. Seriously was almost exactly like a time from my own childhood. Ugh. Bad times. Had to stop and call my grandmother to discuss.
Once I recovered, I was touched by the challenges he went through. Trying to understand what everyone told him so survive must have been so confusing and overwhelming. I love the honestly of this, even when he was doing wrong. He owns his past in this! Overall, not as heartbreaking as the first one, but more ups and downs. He has ...more
Once I recovered, I was touched by the challenges he went through. Trying to understand what everyone told him so survive must have been so confusing and overwhelming. I love the honestly of this, even when he was doing wrong. He owns his past in this! Overall, not as heartbreaking as the first one, but more ups and downs. He has ...more
This is the sequel to A Child Called “It” and covers from age 12 to 18; Dave Pelzer's years in foster care. Dave dedicates this book to the people who rescued him, his social worker, the foster families who took him in and the mentors who helped him along the way. Each home Dave is part of is at capacity and for a confused, emotionally dependent child he is often not getting what he needs. Non of the families described come off as major problems, but each is different forcing him to continually
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More upbeat than the first book, this tells of David's life as a foster child from age twelve through eighteen. Further, there are some eye-opening moments that explain the foster child services. There are some clues to what caused David's abuse at the hands of his mother, but a few questions still remain. How resilient this young man is despite a few rough moments under foster care.
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The foster system can be great.
The foster system can also be very bad.
This book felt real and raw and I believe that no matter what that Dave was a strong boy who would make it out alive.
Great read, quite emotional, and truly felt the story to my bones.
The foster system can also be very bad.
This book felt real and raw and I believe that no matter what that Dave was a strong boy who would make it out alive.
Great read, quite emotional, and truly felt the story to my bones.
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