A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness

This series should be required reading for every human being! I have been struggling to forgive someone for many years. As a Christian, this inability to forgive has haunted me. After reading about Dave Peltzer’s relationship with our Lord and his ability to forgive has truly strengthened my determination to forgive and put that relationship behind me. If this amazing man can accomplish what he has and help others become kind, loving and forgiving, then any of us can. Thank you for sharing your courage and bravery with all of us! God has truly saved and led you to your purpose of service to self and others.

A Man Named Dave was the third installment in the Dave Pelzer trilogy. This book chronicled his life from ages 18 and up. It was just as compelling as the first two books, and, once again, I could not put this book down! There is something so powerful and gripping about Dave's writing. I found myself rooting for his happiness and success throughout the entire book, and cried at the emotional ending. My husband and I were driving to a specialist's office two hours away from our home, and we were supposed to be having quality time together, as my mom was home with our baby and we had all morning to talk uninterrupted. However, I was a bad wife and read A Man Named Dave for nearly an hour instead of talking to my sweet husband! I didn't want to do it, and hated myself for it, but I was close to the end of the book and just had to know what happened to Dave! My husband asked, "Is this the last book in this series? I am so tired of you not talking to me while you keep reading these books!" I told him that it was, but then, at the end of the book, I saw that Dave has written two motivational books (which I immediately bought) so my husband is going to have to put up with me having my nose in a Dave Pelzer book for a little longer! Dave's main focus in this novel was trying to find answers as to why his mother abused him the way she did. Despite the fact that he was rescued from her household at age 12, and eventually found love from a foster family, he still seeks his mother's love and acceptance. He has several emotionally draining and painful encounters with his mother in this book, and while he never fully gains the closure he so desires, he does come to a place of acceptance and forgiveness. The fact that Dave can forgive his mother shows what a strong and inherently good person he is. Dave has not had an easy life, and in fact, it is hard to believe all of the hard times he has endured. I'm not saying I don't believe him, it's just sad that someone could have so many hardships. But, he finds happiness in the end, and I loved that. He is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and a great example of what faith in God can do for a person. I give this book, and the series as a whole, the highest of recommendations. I loved it, and will definitely be reading Dave's other books. I want his secret--I want to be motivated to live as positively as he does!

A true story of overcoming childhood abuse.

I loved the entire book and I learned a lot from the book. I have learned that I need to learn to forgive those who hurt me as a child and become who I was meant to be instead who they tried to force me to become. This book made me laugh and made me cry and made me feel for the man who went through a lot of pain before he finally became free of his prison and I will always remember this book as one of my favorite books.

Excellent trilogy

This is an up close and personal story of a man who is the ultimate optimist, even during and after a childhood filled with torture at the hands of his mother... Dave is not a 'survivor' .. He is a Champion - of his own life and of his destiny... An amazing, well written story about an amazing man...

This is the 3rd book in the series which cover's Dave's teenage and adult life up until he has his 2 true loves - his wife and son! The terrible horrifying abuse he went through is unlike anything you've ever known and you'll wonder how anyone could be so cruel to their own son! However, as you read through all 3 books, you'll see how inspiring it is that he grew up to be the man he is today. This is a page-turner you won't want to put down! The 3 books in the series are: A Child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave. I strongly suggest and highly recommend you buy all 3 books because when you start reading the first one, you won't put it down until you get to the very end of his life story, which is in the 3 book that he finally seems settled with his loving wife and a son he loves more than life itself....it shows how he went from absolutely nothing to being an award winning writer and public speaker who has helped tons of people! I recently purchased his brother's book, "A Brother's Journey", by Richard Pelzer and will be starting it soon... When Dave was removed from the home at age 12, unfortunately his brother Richard took his place at the hands of an extremely abusive mother. If it's anything like Dave's first 3 books, I won't be able to put it down until I'm finished! Yes, this is why I strongly suggest you get all 3 of Dave's books (and even the 4th, his brother's book) because each one I read, I did it in a little over one day! Unfortunately, I didn't have all three books... I had the first one... when I finished it, I went nuts waiting for the next 2 to arrive LOL. So don't be like me - have all 3, possibly 4, ready to read because you'll be very surprised how fast you'll go through each book - and YES it's that interesting you won't stop reading until completely done - with ALL of the books! ;-)

Love how their a book and audio

One of the best bookes i have read for sure theres a full series of these. Epic true story

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I loved this book as much as the first two. I felt that Dave put up with too much; especially from his first wife who did nothing but complain about money and did not acknowledge his achievements; which were many - both at work in the airforce and with his talks around the country. It took a very strong man to make it to where he wanted to be with the airforce and his constant travelling to give free talks about child abuse. He was apologetic to his first wife about everything when she was the ogre. Never happy. I am massively proud of him. I suppose his extreme lack of self-esteem given his appalling/disgusting upbringing made him like this. I am glad he could eventually realise that his mother was 'sick' - that there was nothing wrong with Dave. I am hugely glad he found happiness and someone who loved him for him; and also that his son loves him so much. Dave deserves the best and he wrote well. I would recommend this book; however the first two should be read first.

Ein sehr berührendes Buch mit einer sehr reichen, aber leicht zu lesender Sprache. Habe es in Englisch gelesen, um besser Englisch zu lernen, habe viele Wörter aus dem Alltag und was Gefühle und Beziehungen betrifft gelernt. Ich danke der Autor Dave Pelzer, dass er so detailreich Einblick in sein Seelenleben gegeben hat, und dass er einen Weg gefunden hat, um die Welt für die oft schutzlosen Kinder etwas besser zu machen.

Read the first two books in this series. Heart breaking story but l am looking forward to reading this one.