Dave Pelzer!!!!

May 20, 2004

Any of the Dave Pelzer books are WONDERFUL....my personal favorite is "Help Yourself". That is a book i will carry with me to help remind me what my true intentions in life should be...i recommend this book to anyone wanting to better themselves, in any way shape or form, but mostly to those suffering from childhood disaster!

Dave is a WONDERFUL author and spends a lot of time dealing with child abuse, and informing schools about the topic. Reading his books has REALLY changed my life.

Jessica

AmyAnne

February 14, 2006

A word to those easily nauseated... you may want to skip a Child Called It... it gave me nightmares. The others were great, though.

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locoenlacabeza

May 16, 2006

Dave Pelzer books were great. I think it gives an excellent perspective of what it means to be the "target" child.

brl

May 22, 2006

I can't remember, did his "mom" ever apologiize or admit what she did? She's dead now isn't she?

Faith65

May 23, 2006

I too also enjoyed ALL his books.

locoenlacabeza

May 23, 2006

brl

I can't remember, did his "mom" ever apologiize or admit what she did? She's dead now isn't she?

For some reason I don't think she ever did. I think that she tried to make amends in her own terms but I don't think that she ever truly apologized to him.

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ManyTimesBlessed

May 24, 2006

I agree about A Child Called It. An excellent book, but I'm still haunted by some of the things they talked about in there. Really awful and not for the faint of heart.

FosterSurroBirthMom

December 1, 2006

:love: I LOVE THIS VERSE!! :):love:

WhitmireFamily

I agree about A Child Called It. An excellent book, but I'm still haunted by some of the things they talked about in there. Really awful and not for the faint of heart.

ingi

December 18, 2006

His brother wrote a book as well.

Very touching.

neema.arezo

January 1, 2007

I'm so glad I read this post!!! I went out and purchased all of Dave Pelzer's books. I started reading as soon as I walked throught the door but after finishing A Boy Called It I was SO emotionally drained and depressed I refused to read the other books. I'm going to start on them tonight!!

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blondeboss

April 26, 2007

If anyone who sees this is near MI in May 18,19,and20,2007 Dave Peltzer is going to be the keynote speaker at the Foster Care and Aoption Conference put on by MAFAK. Just thought you might like to know.

cvalda

April 27, 2007

I had the honor of seeing Dave Pelzer speak at a conference, but he talked a lot about his personal experiences which, as you said, is not for the faint of heart, so I don't think I'd do it again! LOL!

;~) Kelly

momtoj4

April 28, 2007

:flower: [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][/FONT]I agree that Dave Pelzer's books are not for the faint at heart - they speak in pretty graphic detail everything that poor man went through as a child. I think he's quite an amazing man to come from that sort of childhood into the man he is today. His books after A Child Called It aren't quite as graphic. I encourage anyone that hasn't read the rest of them to please do so.

Colleen:clown:

Howdy

April 28, 2007

My 10 yr old daughter likes his books. She was abused when she was younger, and I think she likes them because it makes her feel less unusual. I like that she likes them because he turned out okay in spite of the hard beginning, that's the kind of message I want her to hear.

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committedsoul

May 6, 2007

Yeah, his books are great, but my DHS caseworker made me take the ones that my 9 y/o fd brought with her to my home.

She felt that they were a bit much for a child her age.

I agree with you that it helps them to feel less unusual and also allows them to see that he made it out okay...

Now his mom was crazy...