The Privilege of Youth《The Privilege of Youth》

Pelzer was born Daly City California to Stephen Pelzer and Catherine Roerva Pelzer (née Christen) and was the second of five boys. As a child Pelzer was abused by his mother who thought of it as a game. Pelzer states that his mother enjoyed torturing him by starving him forcing him to drink ammonia and other horrors such as being stabbed in the chest. His teachers stepped in on March 5 1973 and 12-year-old Pelzer was placed in foster care. In 1979 he joined the Air Force and later became an author. The fourth boy Richard B. Pelzer has also written about his own abuse.

Pelzer has written a number of books:

A Child Called It (1995) ISBN 1-55874-366-9

The Lost Boy (1997) ISBN 1-55874-515-7

A Man Named Dave (1999) ISBN 0-452-28190-3

Help Yourself (2001) ISBN 0-452-28276-4

My Story (2002) ISBN 0-7528-5371-6 Compilation of A Child Called It The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave

The Privilege of Youth (2004) ISBN 0-525-94769-8

Help Yourself for Teens (2005) ISBN 0-452-28652-2

小说的语言很不错，值得一读。原来一个人小时候的阴影是这么的强烈，作者的童年不幸，使他在描写人物心理时非常的细腻和生动。