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The concluding volume of Dave Pelzer’s million-copy bestselling memoir.

‘I don’t blame others for my problems. I stand on my own. And one day, you’ll see, I’m going to make something of myself.’

These words were eighteen-year-old Dave Pelzer’s declaration of independence to his mother – a woman who had abused him with shocking brutality. But even years after he was rescued, his life remained a continual struggle. Dave felt rootless and awkward, an outcast haunted by memories of his years as the bruised, cowering ‘It’ locked in his mother’s basement. Dave’s dramatic reunion with his dying father and the shocking confrontation with his mother led to his ultimate calling: mentor to others struggling with personal hardships. From a difficult marriage to the birth of his son, from an unfulfilling career to an enduring friendship, Dave was finally able to break the chains of his past, learning to trust, to love, and to live.

David James Pelzer (born December 29, 1960, in San Francisco, California) is an American author of several autobiographical and self-help books. His 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive, was listed on The New York Times Bestseller List for several years, and in 5 years had sold at least 1.6 million copies. The book brought Pelzer fame, and has also been a source of controversy, with accusations of several events being fabricated coming from both family members and journalists.