David Pelzer provides a detailed outline of his terrible life, growing up the son of an alcoholic mother, and a father who stood by and watched the abuse.

The story takes a circular trip around the many years of abuse. It begins with what ended the torment and pain, and continues with the years prior. In this section of the book, Pelzer speaks of the unthinkable horror his mother put him through. His mother thought sleeping under the kitchen table with only newspapers to cover him was too humane and ordered him to sleep on an old Army cot in th

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Approximate Word count = 464
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)