As a child, Dave Pelzer never had a real home, rescued from an alcoholic, abusive mother: his only possessions were the old torn clothes he carried in a paper bag: the only world he knew was one of isolation and fear. In the lost boy Dave pelzer relives his life as a foster child, in and out of five different homes. There were those who felt that all foster kids were trouble – unworthy of love – and resented his presence, forcing him to suffer yet more shame. But though it all Dave never stopped hoping and searching for the love of a real family.

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