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Another Pelzer book....
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I have seen Dave Pelzer's Brother Richard has also written a book. Should be a good read if you have read the others...an amazing story and life Dave has lead, so it will be interesting to see his Brothers side of the story too.

A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse
Richard B. Pelzer


The story of Dave Pelzer is a legend of our times: the shattering tale of the child called 'It' who was forced to live in the basement. His mother was the perpetrator of the horror, but she had a willing accomplice. It was Dave's brother Richard - the author of this book. When Dave was twelve the police removed him from the household, but the cycle of abuse continued. Mrs Pelzer had a new target for her crazed, alcoholic wrath. The hunter became the hunted - at the age of nine. This is his story. Recounting the warped dynamics of a family riven by abuse, he reveals his guilt at being the abuser, his scarring at being abused, the complete lack of questioning within the family about what was happening - and even the twisted respect the boys had for their mother. Richard became the target of his mother's artillery of insanity, the victim of savage beatings leading to hospitalization, the boy denied clean clothes, the one who 'deserved' whole bottles of hot Tabasco sauce poured down his throat.
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the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. Dr. Seuss


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and those who matter don't mind."
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#2
That's one for my next book list!!
Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
--Mahatma Gandhi
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