The lost boy
Subtitle: a foster child's search for the love of a family
By: Dave Pelzer.
Publisher: Health Communications
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Deerfield Beach, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Pelzer, David J; Abused children -- California -- Daly City -- Biography; Children of alcoholics -- California -- Daly City -- Biography; Abusive mothers -- California -- Daly City -- Family relationships; Family violence -- California -- Daly City; Foster home care -- California -- Case studies
Description: This volume is the second installment of a trilogy of books which depict the life of the author, who as a young boy who was physically, emotionally, and psychologically abused by his obsessive mother. The book discusses Pelzer's struggling with his ability to fit in and adapt to the new environment around him as he is put into foster care. It also talks about the kindness of his foster parents and other people around him as well as his inability to brush his mother aside.