TITLE: |
The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family / Dave Pelzer. |
AUTHOR: |
Pelzer, David J. |
PUBLISHED: |
Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c1997. |
DESCRIPTION: |
xi, 340 p. ; 19 cm. |
NOTES: |
Library Journal |
NOTES: |
Kliatt |
NOTES: |
The author tells of his experiences in five foster homes and juvenile detention, after he was taken away from his abusive mother and alcoholic father, and discusses how he made it into the Air Force, and found love and contentment in his life. |
NOTES: |
Interest level: Adult |
SUBJECT: |
Pelzer, David J. |
SUBJECT: |
Abused children--California--Daly City--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Children of alcoholics--California--Daly City--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Abusive mothers--California--Daly City--Family relationships. |
SUBJECT: |
Family violence--California--Daly City. |
SUBJECT: |
Foster home care--California--Case studies. |
SUBJECT: |
Child abuse--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Children of alcoholics--Biography. |
SUBJECT: |
Domestic violence--Daly City (Calif.) |
SUBJECT: |
Foster home care. |