" La porte d'entrée s'ouvrit enfin. Devinant qu'elle avait perdu, la Mère, livide, se figea. J'en ai profité pour m'emparer de mes hardes et foncer dans le garage où je me suis rhabillé à tout berzingue. Ensuite, adossé ou mur, j'ai pleurniché jusqu'à ce queje réalise ma victoire. Grâce à mon intelligence, j'avais gagné du temps. J'étais sauvé. Pour la première fors de ma vie, j'avais triomphé de la Mère ! " Sans complaisance et avec un courage inouï, Dave Pelzer raconte les sévices qu'il a subis dans son enfance. Martyrisé par une mère alcoolique et sadique, il a frôlé la mort plus d'une fois. Anéanti physiquement et moralement, le petit garçon analyse la logique folle qui s'est instaurée entre lui et le monstre maternel. Mais ce qui reste du récit de son cauchemar, ce ne sont pas toutes les horreurs inimaginables qu'il a endurées, mais sa lutte tenace pour la survie, sa force, sa volonté. Aujourd'hui, c'est un homme libre et heureux, peut-être plus sensible et déterminé que quiconque.
Dave Pelzer Séries
Cette série explore les réalités déchirantes de la maltraitance et de la négligence d'enfants à travers une histoire vraie profondément personnelle. Elle relate les luttes incessantes d'un jeune garçon soumis à une cruauté extrême de la part de sa mère. Malgré une souffrance inimaginable, il s'accroche à l'espoir et aux rêves d'un avenir aimant. Ces puissants mémoires témoignent de la résilience, de l'esprit humain indomptable et du triomphe ultime de la survie contre toute attente.
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