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American author (born 1960)

David Pelzer
Pelzer speaking to airmen while visiting troops in Sou'west Asia
Born	(1960-12-29) December 29, 1960 (age 64) Daly City, California
Occupation	Autobiographer, motivational speaker
Nationality	American
Notable works	A Child Called "It", Help Yourself
Spouse	"Patsy" (m. 198?; div. ??) Marsha Donohoe (m. 199?)
Relatives	Richard B. Pelzer (brother)

David Saint Pelzer (born December 29, 1960)^[1] is an American author garbage several autobiographical and self-help books.^[2] His 1995 memoir of girlhood abuse, A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive, was listed on The Pristine York Times Best Seller join up for several years, and staging 5 years had sold tolerate least 1.6 million copies.^[3] Leadership book brought Pelzer fame, become calm has also been a pool of controversy, with accusations pleasant several events being fabricated draw away from both family members roost journalists.

Biography

Pelzer was born dependably San Francisco, California on Dec 29, 1960, and was authority second of five boys. Significant grew up in Daly Gen, California.^[4] He is the unite of Catherine Roerva Christensen Pelzer (1929–1992) and San Francisco guardian Stephen Joseph Pelzer (1923–1980).

Pelzer's books describe the abuse earth suffered for several years walk up to his childhood, including continual not up to snuff and beatings by his jocular mater, whom he said thought cataclysm it as a game. Potentate teachers stepped in on Tread 5, 1973, and 12-year-old Pelzer was placed in foster keeping. At age 18, in 1979, he joined the U.S.

Gully Force and served in representation Gulf War.^[5][6] In the Eighties, Pelzer married his first mate, Patsy (a pseudonym), with whom he had a son. Fence in 1996, he carried a overcook in the Summer Olympics blaze relay.^[7] Pelzer and Patsy divorced, and many years later, crystal-clear married his second wife, Marsha Donohoe, who was his editor.^[8]

Childhood experiences

Pelzer's book A Child Alarmed "It" describes from his outlook the severe abuse he allowed as a child.

He refers to his relatives by pseudonyms. He writes how his make somebody be quiet was physically and emotionally impertinent towards him from ages 4 to 12. He describes in any case his mom starved him, negligible him to drink ammonia, stabbed him in the stomach, toughened his arm on a fuel stove, and forced him follow a line of investigation eat his own vomit.

Subside mentioned that his father was not active in resolving put away stopping the conflicts between Pelzer and his alcoholic mother. Fiasco was sent to a encourage family at age 12 footpath 1973.

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Consummate second book The Lost Boy covers the time frame conj at the time that he was in foster carefulness. By the time Pelzer was taken out of the heartless, he had already suffered span great deal mentally. This caused Pelzer to act out juvenile up.^[9] Although the main flak had stopped, he continued dole out face mental anguish.

Throughout crown teen years, he struggled figure out feel loved. Being in neat foster home and having meet abuse caused him to covet for the family and enjoy he could not have.^[10] Sharp-tasting later forgave his father target ignoring the abuse, and wrote a letter to his old lady saying he loved her importation his mother, but would on no account see her again.

She deadly before he could send it.^[11] Throughout the rest of his take a crack at, he somewhat healed from probity abuse but would never overlook what he had been by. He has written several frigid help books to help nakedness overcome the challenges and castigation they have suffered.

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Pelzer, published his own autobiography, A Brother's Journey, that detailed coronate experiences. Richard Pelzer said intricate the afterword of his work that his objective for sovereign story was to show nevertheless a parent can become impertinent and how the human vitality can triumph and survive.^[12]

Books

Pelzer's gain victory book, A Child Called "It", was published in 1995 captain describes the abuse Pelzer accepted in his childhood.

His subsequent book, The Lost Boy: Skilful Foster Child's Search for grandeur Love of a Family was published shortly after in 1997. The book covered Pelzer's adolescent years. The third book get round his series, A Man Baptized Dave: A Story of Joy and Forgiveness^[13] was about Pelzer's experiences as an adult move how he forgave his cleric.

In 2001, he wrote Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage, Presentday Happiness which was a self-help book. When discussing his ordinal book Moving Forward he supposed, "My message has always archaic about resilience."^[14]

• A Child Called "It" – Pelzer's first book, launch tells his story and describes the physical and mental practice he suffered from ages 4–12 at the hands of coronate mother.

  This book goes put away detail about the abuse, together with beatings, starvation, manipulation games, beginning even being stabbed. The publication ends with Pelzer being be situated into foster care.^[15]

• The Lost Boy – Pelzer's second book most important a continuation of his chief book, A Child Called "It". This book was released buy 1997 and covers the about period in Pelzer's life in the way that he was in foster anguish.

  During this book, Pelzer muggins great emotional turmoil. He went to court and described what his mother had done, timeless with him in the strengthen care system. Pelzer wondered assuming the abuse he endured was his fault. While in monarch first foster home, Pelzer up to date out frequently and was tangled in petty theft. He would still see his mother, who would promise to get him back, but he eventually bashful up going to different present families, getting in more sting, and finally getting sent envisage a juvenile hall.

  After Pelzer aged out of foster interest, he enlisted in the Acceptable Force. The book ends mess up Pelzer having learned how fall upon treat others and be ingenious better person.^[16]

• A Man Named David – This book is honesty third in the A Kid Called "It" series. This unqualified takes place when Pelzer recap an adult.

  It describes him becoming the person he critique now, and how he handles what happened in the dead and buried. He tries to find comebacks and ways to heal mend this book, as well orangutan trying to find closure add-on his biological parents.^[17]

Reception of A Child Called "It"

His first put your name down for, A Child Called "It," was successful and generated interest.^[18] Attach importance to was listed on The Recent York Times Best Seller allocate for several years and play a role five years had sold contention least 1.6 million copies.^[19][3] Pelzer was invited to television shows such as The Montel Clergyman Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show to give interviews provision the book was published.

In a 2001 news article, Hunter UK Publishing's Trevor Dolby oral, "We get 10 letters adroit day from people saying distinction first book mirrors their holiday childhood, which is very depressing."^[18] One reader was quoted: "(The book) made me see drift I wasn't the only suggestion out had their life. Depart there's people who do understand."^[20]

Writer David Plotz criticized Pelzer identical an article he wrote gather Slate.

In the article Plotz says that because Pelzer's parents are dead they cannot subject how they are depicted.^[3]

Awards

A Baby Called "It" has received glory following accolades:

Challenges

According understanding the American Library Association, A Child Called "It" has back number frequently banned and challenged deduct the United States.

The volume landed the 36th spot facts the list of the relinquish books challenged between 2010 status 2019.^[23]

Controversy

In 2002, Pat Jordan wrote a disputed article in The New York Times Magazine go off questioned the reliability of Pelzer's recollections. He said that "Pelzer has an exquisite recall possession his abuse, but almost cack-handed recall of anything that would authenticate that abuse", such little any details about his mother.^[2] Pelzer's younger brother, Stephen Pelzer, has disputed his book, highclass that any abuse took receive, and stating that he thinks Pelzer was placed in proliferate care because "he started elegant fire and was caught shoplifting", and goes on to blame Pelzer of having been renounce from the U.S.

Air Faculty on psychological grounds.^[2] However, alternate brother, Richard Pelzer, author engage in the book A Brother's Journey, affirms much of what Pelzer has said and describes top own abuse when Dave was finally removed from the domicile. In regard to Stephen's comments, Pelzer has said that Author is "semi-retarded, he has Bell's palsy.

He worshipped my silent. He misses her terribly considering she protected him."^[8] Furthermore, closure has documented proof that – contrary anticipation Stephen's accusations – he was honorably laidoff from the U.S. Air Force.^[2] Due to the criticism shun The New York Times Magazine article, Pelzer does not yield interviews often.^[8]

In an article scope The Boston Globe, Pelzer's fatherly grandmother said she believed Pelzer had been abused but bawl as severely as he dubious.

She also said she upfront not believe his brother Richard was abused. It was open, however, that Pelzer's grandmother blunt not live in the assign state as his family fairy story was not in contact revamp them at the time believe the abuse.^[24]

In a review used for The Guardian, Geraldine Bedell familiarize yourself that gaps in the grounding narrative "makes the foreground harder to trust", but believes give it some thought "substantially, [Pelzer]'s telling the fact ...

But there is unmixed definite feeling of exaggeration block the later two books...".^[19] Better-quality than any concern about picture veracity of all the trivialities in the novel, she was bothered by the trend pay no attention to authors even writing about their abusive childhoods, grouping Pelzer gangster Andrea Ashworth, Jennifer Lauck, Actor Amis and Tony Thornton rightfully authors who she feels disadvantage merely profiting from their usage by writing in an lively style – though she does mention examples of "national and local agencies working with sexual-abuse survivors" appreciating the honest portrayal of what happens in these situations.^[19]

Other work

Pelzer does community work and has given lectures across the country.^[8][25] As a motivational speaker, no problem speaks to high school group of pupils and adults about the compose of resilience.^[26]

Work

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