Day: May 22, 2024

Review: A Man Named Dave

“With the phone shaking in my hand, I punched the numbers to Mother’s private line. Even though I had secretly had her telephone number for years, this was the first time […] I had made contact with her.” page 165

A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness by Dave Pelzer.
Dutton, Penguin Putnam, New York, 1999.
Adult memoir, 286 pages.
Lexile: 900L .
AR Level: 5.9 (worth 15.0 points) .
NOTE: This is part of a series and this review may contain spoilers for previous books.

Dave Pelzer continues the story of his life with the saga of his time in the military, marriage and fatherhood, further events with his parents, the process of writing his first books and beginning a speaking career, and his life in general.

A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness by Dave Pelzer.

While this is not the next book chronologically, these first books were originally published and presented as a trilogy, so I decided some time ago to read them in publication order, which took a while because this third book isn’t as prevalent in the used book sales. Finally a friend found one in a different thrift store circuit. After this story, there are two further memoirs, The Privilege of Youth which tells more about Pelzer’s teen years in foster care, and Too Close to Me, which continues his adult life. Pelzer has also written several self-help books, but I probably will just finish reviewing this series.

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