Too Close to Me: The Middle-Aged Consequences of Revealing a Child Called "It"

About this book

In the blockbuster autobiography A Child Called It Dave Pelzer shared the story of his childhoodone of the most dramatic and extreme stories of child abuse ever prosecuted in the state of California. As a child Pelzer was beaten starved and abused both emotionally and physically by his alcoholic and mentally unstable mother. As a man Pelzer went on to have love happiness a fulfilling career and his own family. To many Pelzer seemed to have found his happy ending. But for a child abuse survivor living a normal adult life carries challenges and complications above and beyond those faced by most people. This book the fifth in Pelzers nonfiction series provides an honest and courageous look at the difficulties inherent in marriage parenthood work and life from the perspective of someone who survived horrific physical and emotional terrors as a childand who seeks to meet the responsibilities and complications of adult life with love strength and an open heart.