The Book that Changed My Life

The book that changed my life is A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer. This book is an autobiography about a boy (Dave Pelzer) who was brutally abused as a child. I think the reason this book is so powerful and inspiring is because it's an autobiography. The author is telling us his story from his point of view and that makes the experience so real. Reading him describe how he was so badly abused throughout his childhood was heartbreaking. I just couldn't believe what I was reading. I couldn't imagine any parent would be cruel enough to torture their child over and over again to the point where they are near death. The author doesn't hold back anything. He describes in detail the pain of being beaten and starved by his alcoholic mother. Some of the suffering she put him through brought me to tears. At some parts it was almost too much for me to handle just reading about the misery he had to deal with every single minute of every single day. It seems unbearable for a child to live like that and put up with such horrible torment. I can't understand why or how a mother could ever harm her own child to the point where she sees them as just an "it". Reading Dave Pelzer's book made take a minute to stop and think about how fortunate I really am. Not only that but also made me realize that child abuse is a real and horrible thing, that it does happen, probably more often than we think. This book took me away from my happy life and made me look through someone else's eyes. There are so many horrid and terrible things that happen in this world that most people don't even notice. We live in a world with so many faults and tragedies and reading Dave Pelzer's story broke my heart in more ways than one. I am thankful for everything I've been blessed with and I can only hope and pray for anyone who is suffering in this world. I will never forget A Child Called "It".