Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games - games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. She no longer considered Dave a son, but a slave; no longer a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes were torn and smelly, and when he was allowed the luxury of food it was scraps from the dog's bowl. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed doors. But throughout Dave kept alive dreams of finding a family to love him. This book covers the early years of his life and is an affecting and inspirational book of the horrors of child abuse and the steadfast determination of one child to survive.
Dave Pelzer Reeks
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.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
The Lost Boy
- 352bladzijden
- 13 uur lezen
As a child, Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his mother. The world knew nothing of his living nightmare and he had nothing and 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. Finally, his horrific plight could no longer be hidden from the outside world and Dave's life radically changed. THE LOST BOY is the harrowing, but ultimately uplifting, true story of a boy's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family to love. The continuation of Dave Pelzer's story is a moving sequel and inspirational read for all.
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?
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