A Man Named DAVE

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A Man Named Dave, by Dave Pelzer is the story of hope and eventual love and how a child called "It" finally found himself as a man free at last, after early childhood experiences as the son of a brutal, alcoholic mother. When his father is dying of cancer, Dave attempts to reestablish contact with him, he spends innumerable hours with his father, trying to disentangle in his mind the broken family relationships. Much later, after his mother's death, Dave realizes that his mother's maniac actions were picked up from her own childhood experiences. Having rushed into marriage Dave enjoys the son that was born, and is determined that his child will never know the disapproval he felt as the child called "It." I find Dave Pel



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Approximate Word count = 487
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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