Teenagers Journey : Overcoming a Childhood of Abuse

English

ISBN: 0446698350

EAN: 9780446698351

Category: Family & Relationships / Abuse / Child Abuse

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Release Date: 05/31/2007

Synopsis: Many thousands of readers were moved by Richard B. Pelzers heart-wrenching memoir, A Brothers Journey, in which he detailed the horrifyingly abusive childhood he endured at the hands of his mother, whose treatment of her children was first revealed by Dave Pelzer in his own hugely successful memoir, A Boy Called It. Now, Richard reveals how the abuse inflicted on him as a child continued to affect his life as a teenager. He turned to drugs and contemplated suicide, while simultaneously trying to establish an autonomous life away from his destructive family situation. Yet as he stumbled toward adulthood, fighting and facing his demons, Richards ultimate struggle toward victory was his alone. His salvation finally came when a surrogate family took him in, offering comfort, hope, and unconditional love --and ultimately the transformational power of forgiveness.

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Teenagers Journey : Overcoming a Childhood of Abuse

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.62 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 7.69 oz

Pages: 240