A Child Called It

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Has anyone read them? It's the most upsetting story I've ever read, but it's really made me admire David Pelzer and child abuse survivors. That is one of the toughest achievements in this world-living and feeling that no one loves you.

Yes i read that a long time ago then read the book he made after that called a man named dave, i think it was. Such a sad story, i saw him on oprah telling, and how he finally forgave his mother. So horrible, had some events like him done to me as well, its hard to face, at least he faced them, wrote a book and is doing well. He even has a son, even though hes divorced.

I read A Child Called It and The Lost Boy. I was so outraged when I read them!

Ohmagosh! That book is both intriguing and terrifying. It's intriguing because it's really appalling how cruel people can really be, and it's it's terrifying because it isn't fiction - it actually happened.

Did you know about controversies concerning Pelzer's version of the truth as depicted in his books? Do you believe him that he hasn't made it all up?

I don't know; I want to believe him, but there are plot inconcistencies and I don't think it's possible to survive for an hour breathing clorox and ammonia.

One possibility is that he was frightened of revealing the stuff or that he was young-at a young age especially, traumatic memories are hard to recover.

Another is that his subconcious created false memories to cope and remember a "better" version of a trauma. It is the groundwork for dissociative disorders.

I was going to mention the allegations but someone beat me to it.

Anyway, the book is basically descriptions of his terrible abuse. And that's why it sells. I can't think of another reason why it sells, except, oh wait, the guy purchases in bulk TONS of his own books to help him get on the bestseller list.

I wouldn't believe anything the guy writes.

One of the few books that truly made me cry.

I definitely don't think he made any of it up to sell more copies. That's sick. Whoever stared that rumor was probably one of the people who abused him.

I do believe that while the very skeleton of his story may basically remain true as he might have been mistreated to some degree, the extent of the abuse has been very exaggerated. Misha Defonseca's story was proved to be a hoax, the same with many other stories of similar kind so I don't see why Pelzer's abuse story couldn't turn out a sham one too. I would be able to fabricate a similar sob story with ease, it really isn't that difficult. But any attempt of more severe fumbling in it would meet with criticism - people hate it when someone dares to destroy their belief, whatever sphere it concerns.

Im reading "A man called Dave" one of the following up books now, got it for christmas....because I had read the first book "The child called It" and wanted to read what happened next...
It have never ever crossed my mind that he could have the idea to made the story up to earn money or fame or anything else that is more sick ideas than his mother had about treating him... and I have seen stupid films on YouTube where people make fun of his story. Whats the matter with people?! ! He should be given respect for how he experienced his childhood

I have been thinking of his mother. Is she still alive today? What happened after he was saved, did she go to jail? I have tried to search info about it but didnt find anything,but I found a brother of David who experienced similuar as him