any books?

Question

i loved the book a child called it. its about child abuse its by david pelzer. i love that book and ive read most books by him r there any other books out there about abuse( i dont like it but i love reading stuffthats sad) does anyone no any books bout abuse besides david pelzer books?

Answer 1

The Glass Castle. It's also a memoir about a weird childhood. Try also, Running with Scissors, and if you like his style- all of Augusten Borroughs' books are amazing. So is David Sedaris. His memoir about his life is called Naked.

Answer 2

Running with Scissors

Bastard Out of Carolina

Answer 3

Terrier is not about abuse, but it has a lot of fighting and sad in it. Would that sound good? It's by Tamora Pierce.
Hope it helped.
I personally like Tamora's books on Tortall.

Answer 4

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt; I don't think there was a ton of abuse in it, but it was certainly sad.

Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930, McCourt is the eldest son of Malachy and Angela McCourt. He is joined by brother Malachy in 1931, twins Oliver and Eugene in 1933, and a sister, Margaret, in 1934. After the death of his sister Margaret when she was only a few weeks old, his parents move the family back to their native Ireland, where his younger twin brothers both die within a year of the family's arrival and where Frank's youngest brothers, Michael (b. 1936) and Alphie (b. 1940) are born.

Life in Ireland, and specifically life in Limerick City, in the 1930s and 1940s is described in all its grittiness. The family live in a hovel on a dirt lane and share one outdoor toilet with all their neighbors. Although his father teaches the children Irish stories and songs, he is an alcoholic and seldom finds work, and so they live on unemployment ("the dole") or charity. For years the family subsists mostly on bread and tea.

Frank's father finally gains employment during World War II at a defense plant in Coventry, England. In this situation, he finds it easy to drink away most of his wages, and only once does he send any money back to the struggling family in Ireland. Their mother is destitute, as there are not many jobs for women at the time. Angela's sister and her widowed mother begrudge any help they have to give her, because they disapprove of her husband, mostly because he hails from Northern Ireland and therefore he has a strange accent and what Angela's family calls 'the odd manner.'

In the damp, cold climate of Ireland, the children have only one set of ragged clothing each, patched shoes and no coats. Frank develops typhoid and chronic conjunctivitis. Sometimes Frank and his brothers have to scavenge for lumps of coal or peat turf for fuel, or steal bread to survive. The family are finally evicted after Frank yanks out wall beams to burn for winter heat, causing the roof to collapse. The family are forced to move in with a distant relative who treats them poorly.

Teenage Frank finds various means to save money and is finally able to realize his dream of returning to America. The story ends as he sails into Poughkeepsie, New York, to begin a new life at the age of nineteen.

Answer 5

When the Rabbit Howls and Sybil. I can't remember the authors names though.

Answer 6

as you said there is other similar boks by him.
you could ask a librarian

Answer 7

"Stalked to Death" by Karl Arthur

Answer 8

dont know sorry