Anyone read 'a child called it'?

alwaysonthego_2

tesco's sells them, We studied extracts of these books in sociology and the lecturer was a huge fan.

daisy_doughnut_2

i have read all 3 book got them from the library
read them all within days
yes ther traumatic but i think it opens eyes as the the realisation of what goes on behind locked doors alot of children are abused an they go un-noticed untill they speak out in adult life i think reading such stories makes you more aware of signs of abused children
even if it helps save one child its well worth people writing about their ordeals

Janepig

Each to their own I know but I can't understand why anyone wants to read these miserable books. How depressing. And theres no telling whether what's being written about actually happened either or is the imagination of the author - there's been a book recently, can't think what it's called, maybe it's the one being talked about in this thread, the author is a black female barrister (I think) and her family have totally denied that what she's written about ever happened.

I know that child abuse happens I just don't want to read about it for "pleasure" <couldn't think of a better word there - I mean "pleasure" in that it's the reason I read books - for pleasure and enjoyment and to learn a little perhaps>.

Jxx

HugoSP

Barcode wrote: »

Isn't it a little .... strange ... that he has structured his life around what happened as a child? I can't help but think anybody that does that is out to milk all the attention they can get. This is not a nice thing to say. We are supposed to say "how awful" when we hear about such things; but there are far, far, far too many thinking the whole world wants to hear about their stories. I find it strange to write about it, and I find it strange that people want to read all the details.

You have a choice not to read the book. No one is forcing you to read it.

Just as the author has a right to write and seek publication, the reader has a right to either read it or not.

I personally don't like Big Brother. I just don't watch it. I don't condemn the making of it though.

carolpinkdreamer

I bought my copies on Amazon. Prob available on ebay cheaply too.

I think he did amazingly well to find the success he did after a start like that in life.

krisskross

Is this not the chap whose siblings said none of it happened? I know there was one of these misery books where the whole rest of the family denied his recollections.

Takes some doing though to get three books out of it.

lifeisgood

There are two copies available of the whole trilogy and several copies of the second and third books on http://www.greenmetropolis.com.

iwanttosave_2

krisskross wrote: »

Is this not the chap whose siblings said none of it happened? I know there was one of these misery books where the whole rest of the family denied his recollections.

Takes some doing though to get three books out of it.

His siblings jumped on the bandwagon and brought their own books out, not read them though so can't comment on what they said.

I read the books, and found them very depressing, can't say I would read them again, it sparked a lot of other books all down the same lines. Put me off reading them.

The author is Dave Pelzer.

Guinea_2

Anyway, back to the point. I have read two books of the trilogy and not in the correct order I'm afraid! I read the third one first ('A man named Dave') and bought it from a car boot sale for 33.33333p as I bought three books for a pound and I last night I finished the first book ('A Child called It') which I bought for 10p from a school fayre. Still on the look out for 'Boy' for no more than 50p!!

TIGs

krisskross wrote: »

Is this not the chap whose siblings said none of it happened? I know there was one of these misery books where the whole rest of the family denied his recollections.

Takes some doing though to get three books out of it.

I've read all three plus i read his brothers books, the brother who was also abused by the mother so maybe it isn't the fella whos siblings said none of it happened. Also some of the things in Davids book are mentioned in Richards book but from his side of the story.

Maybe they were depressing but i thought they were brilliant.

If they help one person by bringing to peoples attention the signs of abuse and managing to save one child isn't it worth it even if the books were made up???