A Child Called It 9780425228227

A Child Called It 9780425228227Brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother Dave became a slave; he was no longer a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes were torn and unwashed, and when he was allowed the luxury of food it was scraps from the dog's bowl. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed doors. But throughout Dave kept alive dreams of finding a family to love him. This book

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An inspiring memoir by a young mother with Stage Four metastatic cancer

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but it contains its own kernel of evil

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she finds she cannot stay