A Brother’s Journey – Richard B. Pelzer
Story Synopsis
The story of Dave Pelzer is a legend of our times: the shattering tale of the child called ‘It’. When Dave was twelve the police removed him from the household, but the cycle of abuse continued. With Dave’s departure Richard, at the age of nine, became the target of his mother’s artillery of insanity: the victim of savage beatings leading to hospitalization; the boy denied clean clothes; the one who ‘deserved’ whole bottles of hot Tabasco sauce poured down his throat.
Ultimately, the only way to survive was to escape. As well as evoking the torturous environment in which he lived, Richard B. Pelzer recounts how he managed to leave it, and how he arrived at his ultimate destination. For A Brother’s Journey is a voyage of both body and spirit, one that led Richard to a place of safety, to redemption, and to reconciliation with the whipping boy who, once again, is his brother.
‘Undoubtedly one of the most disturbing, harrowing books that you will ever read’ SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD
