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Deze serie duikt in de schrijnende realiteiten van kindermishandeling en verwaarlozing via een diep persoonlijk waargebeurd verhaal. Het beschrijft de meedogenloze strijd van een jongen die extreme wreedheid van zijn moeder ondergaat. Ondanks onvoorstelbaar lijden, houdt hij vast aan hoop en dromen van een liefdevolle toekomst. Deze krachtige memoires zijn een bewijs van veerkracht, de ontembare menselijke geest en de ultieme triomf van overleven tegen alle verwachtingen in.

The Privilege of Youth
Ik had geen naam
The Lost Boy
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive

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  1. A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive

    • 195bladzijden
    • 7 uur lezen

    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.

    A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive1
    3,7

  2. The Lost Boy

    A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family

    • 250bladzijden
    • 9 uur lezen

    Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining -- he has no place to call home.This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questions and reveals new adventures through the compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Now considered an F-Child (Foster Child), Dave is moved in and out of five different homes. He suffers shame and experiences resentment from those who feel that all foster kids are trouble and unworthy of being loved just because they are not part of a "real" family.Tears, laughter, devastation and hope create the journey of this little lost boy who searches desperately for just one thing -- the love of a family.

    The Lost Boy2
    3,9

  3. Ik had geen naam

    • 288bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen

    Als jongetje wordt Dave zwaar mishandeld en misbruikt door zijn aan alcohol verslaafde moeder. Ze dreigt hem te zullen vermoorden - en doet dat ook bijna. Zijn vader wendt zijn ogen af. Na jaren van gruwelijke martelingen wordt Dave eindelijk uit huis geplaatst. Wanhopig op zoek naar iemand die van hem houdt, zwerft hij van het ene pleeggezin naar het andere. Ten slotte durft hij de confrontatie aan met zijn moeder, waarbij haar geheime leven wordt onthuld. Zal Dave in staat zijn de ketenen van zijn tragische jeugd van zich af te schudden?

    Ik had geen naam3
    3,6

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