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A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness

by Dave Pelzer

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The concluding memoir in Dave Pelzer’s account of abuse and survival

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The concluding memoir in Dave Pelzer’s account of abuse and survival

Closing Pelzer’s memoir trilogy, A Man Named Dave returns to the lasting consequences of the abuse and neglect described in A Child Called “It” and The Lost Boy. The book frames his life as a movement from childhood isolation and rejection toward self-reliance, pride, and acceptance, while placing his relationship with his parents at the center of that struggle. Its autobiographical focus is not only on survival, but on the work of defining a life beyond the harm he recounts. The title’s emphasis on triumph and forgiveness signals the questions of identity, family rupture, and personal recovery that shape this concluding volume.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers of A Child Called “It” and The Lost Boy
  • Readers interested in memoirs about surviving family abuse
  • Readers seeking autobiographical accounts of resilience and forgiveness

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Child abuse and neglectFamily ruptureSurvivalSelf-relianceForgiveness

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Book overview

A Man Named Dave, which has sold over 1 million copies, is the gripping conclusion to Dave Pelzer's inspirational and New York Times bestselling trilogy of memoirs that began with A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy.

"All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself." These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Dave's father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality, denying him food and clothing, torturing him in any way she could imagine. This was the woman who told her son she could kill him any time she wanted to--and nearly did.

The more than two million readers of Pelzer's New York Times and international bestselling memoirs A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy know that he lived to tell his courageous story. With stunning generosity of spirit, Dave Pelzer invites readers on his journey to discover how he turned shame into pride and rejection into acceptance.
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