El Nino Sin Nombre/a Child Called It (Paperback)

Author: David J. Pelzer
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780757301360
Publisher: Hci
Publish Date: 8/1/2003
Buy.com Sku: 33815415
Item#: B79G37
Buy.com Sales Rank: 68799
Dimensions (in Inches) 7.25H x 5L x 0.5T
Pages: 195
 
"The graphic autobiographical account of a man who suffered horrible abuse, including isolation and violence, as a child and who eventually achieved a successful life in society..."

This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother''s games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."

Dave''s bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was nothing more than spoiled scraps that even the dogs refused to eat. The outside world knew nothing of his living nightmare. He had nothing or no one to turn to, but his dreams kept him alive--dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son.
 
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In this moving memoir, Dave Pelzer recalls his childhood, when he was abused by an alcoholic mother. He recounts the strategies he used to survive the "games" she devised that reduced him from a human being to an "it." Dave somehow survives, frees himself of his mother's tyranny, and eventually finds success in the Air Force.

 

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As his autobiographical trilogy attests, Dave Pelzer was brutally abused by an emotionally unstable and alcoholic mother until the state of California intervened. He then spent six years in foster care, after which he entered the Air Force. Pelzer has earned numerous awards for his volunteer and military service, among them the 1993 Ten Outstanding Americans Award. He now lectures on the personal growth circuit.


 
 
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5 de marzo de 1973, Daly City, California. Estoy retrasado. Tengo que acabar de fregar los platos a tiempo, si no, no hay desayuno; y como anoche no ceni, he de comer algo. Mama corre por la casa chillando a mis hermanos. Oigo sus pasos pesados por el pasillo dirigiindose hacia la cocina. Vuelvo a meter las manos en el agua hirviendo de enjuagar. Demasiado tarde. Me coge con las manos fuera del agua.

!PLAF! Mama me pega en la cara y me tiro al suelo. Si que no debo quedarme de pie y aguantar el golpe. He aprendido, a base de cometer errores, que lo considera un desafmo, lo que significa mas golpes o, peor azn, quedarme sin comer. Recupero mi postura anterior y evito su mirada mientras me grita al omdo.

Actzo con timidez, asintiendo a sus amenazas. ''Por favor, —me digo—, dijame comer. Vuelve a pegarme, pero tengo que comer.'' Otra bofetada hace que me golpee l

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