My Story: The complete bestselling trilogy (A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave)

A hard read but great book

This has three books in one David as a child , to a teenager to a man again gruesome, again should never have happened but it shows courage and strength and how David came out the other side.True and gripping.

I have just begun the story, it's printed in Times Roman for all my dyslexic people the text is hard to read for a prolonged time.

I could not put this book downThere are sequelsThey claim to be trueTop 5 books ever read!!!

Dave Pelzer really started the trend of books like these which tell stories of horrific abuse and mistreatment. However, this is more than just a sad story, its ultimately a story of overcoming life's obstacles in a situation where those obstacles were so big its a miracle he even survived.The book being sold here is a trilogy of 3 non-fiction books. The first book deals with Pelzer's childhood which is when the abuse took place, the second book looks at his time in foster care and how he dealt with things as a teenager, and the third is really about becoming a well adjusted adult.The first book is the most popular and for a lot of people, it might be the only one they're really interested in reading. While it's certainly a tough read, it is incredibly inspiring to see how Pelzer focused on survival and developed such the resiliency.However, the second and third books struggle a bit as a result of their subject matter. They're less about survival and more about learning how to live a normal life. There's plenty of ups and downs along the way but there's much more of a focus on Pelzer's emotional and healing journey and on adjusting to the boring details of life. That's not to say his journey isn't interesting. It is and there is plenty to learn from, but they do have a different focus and direction than the first book.On a practical note, having 3 books in 1 makes for a very large book. If you dislike grappling with an overly thick paperback you might be better off buying them separately.I really enjoyed the trilogy and found a lot of value in seeing his whole journey but I would probably recommend that people buy the first book and take it from there unless they already think they would find the second and third books appealing.

The whole story in one book!

100% recommend but start with his trilogy

I read these years ago when I was studying childcare at college. Recently purchased again as I'm getting on abit and wanted to read about this man's horrific childhood to his amazing sucess as an adult. Be prepared these aren't like a Cathy Glass type of book. This man was tortured by his parents.

This book is number 2, loved reading this book, hard to put down.

I love this book I have been buying the same books like child called it the lost boy and a man called Dave people kept stealing it from me now I have all 3 in one book just love it came fast to just love it

This book wants to kill you

Heart rendering read.. can't believe tht it's a true story. Sometimes truth feels more fictional than fiction. Have re read it twice . Loved the book. Would recommend all book lovers to read it once

Das Buch ist ziemlich extrem & hab an manchen Enden wirklich wahnsinnige Wut gehabt auf das System von damals & die Situation. Dieses Buch ist schwer zu lesen, auf Grund der Dinge, die dem Mann wiederfahren sind, jedoch ist es auch sehr gutes Buch zur Aufklärung und ich hoffe, dass bestimmte Instanzen nach diesem Buch agiert haben bzw. so etwas schneller unterbunden werden kann!