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by yo yo yo hay hay hay
Dude this book was totally awesome! I loved reading every minute of it
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by Ashley Mckinsey The sadness
The book a man named Dave is a touching book. It kind of reminds me of my dad. When I was little I always thought me and my dad were going to live together for a long time ,but when I said that he had got in a car accident. I wouldn't stop crying I would sit in my room by myself and then I would blame myself. My mom would beat me to hide her pain. I'm never going to forget that.
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by Caitlin Chaos A man named Dave
A man named Dave was very inspirational, the book taught me to NEVER give up and always reach for my dreams. This is one of my favorites out of the other novels Dave Pelzer has written. He is my true hero, and always will be.
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by Nazifa Azizi A Man Named Dave Review
Nazifa Azizi
“A Man Named Dave” David Pelzer “A Man Named Dave,” a true story, is a phenomenal book concluding a lifelong journey of a courageous man. One could wonder how a person can manage normally after having such a horrific start at life, as written in David Pelzer’s first book, “A Child Called It.” After having years of abuse and living a nightmare, Dave still goes through many obstacles. Joining the air force, which was evidently his life long dream in “The Lost Boy,” was not the solution to his life’s problems. It is said that good people are always taken advantage of, and this is true when Pelzer met the mother of his child, Patsy. What seemed like a woman who had similar struggles like his and a bright future marriage with him turned out to be a disaster with constant fights about money and trust. David’s son, Stephen, is the only light in his life. Looking at Stephen, David wonders how anyone could mistreat their child in any way. He makes sure his son will not go through the horrors that he had to go through, and makes sure that others who were like him get the comfort that he lacked as a child. David does this by becoming a motivational speaker and working a straining schedule with work, speeches, being a father, a under satisfying husband, and visiting his mother to get the answer he always craved his whole life. In this book, Pelzer is having an internal conflict as well as multiple external conflicts. He can’t find himself to trust anyone; but this all changes when he meets the one woman he truly loves and trusts, Marsha, who he has come to learn from and also teach many things to. In “A Man Named Dave,” Pelzer demonstrates determination in way never shown before. Through what seems like a never-ending struggle, his dedication to himself made him succeed in multiple fields like joining the air force, winning multiple awards, and making differences in countless lives, including those just like his. Pelzer is living proof that success and happiness can be obtained even after living the worst conditions as a child, teenager, and adult. I recommend this remarkable book to everyone, but I also recommend reading “A Child Called It” and “The Lost Boy” first.
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by Kathy An Inspiration to those that have also survived Abuse
I read the book from the advice from a friend that knows of my childhood from the hands of an abusive mother.-- i must say, it was disturbing. But, what was VERY therapeutic to me was listening to one of his speeches and watching a video of his on one of his motivational speeches. Something hit me that I needed to hear, (years of counseling, psychiatrists, and psychologists never helped me) but hearing this from a survivor really sunk in, -- he was basically saying you have to drop what happened to you and move forward, stop living in the past, and I needed to hear that, instead of always trying to make sense of what happened to me or getting hurt again and angered again when i can't get my mother to account for what she did or apologize, in her twisted mind she sounds like his mother when he interviewed her, my mother brought up ONE bad thing with an excuse almost to take the focus of the other things (beatings, torture, starvation,etc).. and listening to him speak on how he has come to grips with that, has taken a huge load off of my shoulders, almost like I'm a new person now. I'm forever grateful, wish i had read this book a few years ago when my friend brought it to my attention =(
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by JESSICA WYATT YOU TAUGHT ME.
I THINK THAT DAVE IS A GOOD MAN AND HE IS VERY LUCKY. HE GAVE IT HIS ALL WHICH IS REALLY COOL. EVEN THOUGH HE DONT KNOW IT HE HAS TAUGHT ME ALOT WITH OUT EVEN MEETING ME. I LOVE ALL HIS BOOKS. IT TAKES ME FOR EVER TO READ THEM THOUGH CAUSE I CRIED ALOT. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK DAVE. YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT FATHER AND HUMAN BEING AND AUTHOR.
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