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| Author | Dave Pelzer |
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| Language | English |
| Series | A Child Called It |
| Publisher | Health Communications |
| Publication date | 1 September, 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print Paperback, Hardback |
| Pages | 206pp |
| ISBN | 9781558743663 |
| Followed by | The Lost Boy |
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive is Dave Pelzer's autobiographical account of child abuse by an alcoholic mother, Catherine Roerva. It was published on September 1, 1995.
Surviving a childhood of not only severe abuse by his mother, but the apparent apathy to his plight by his father, Pelzer suffered one of the most severe documented cases of child abuse in California history.
References in popular culture
- The book was referenced in hard rock band Buck Cherry. The character Sophie reads and reacts to the book in an episode of the British comedy sitcom Peep Show.