The concluding volume of Dave Pelzer's million-copy bestselling memoir'I don't blame others for my problems I stand on my own & one day you'll see I'm going to make something of myself' These words were eighteen-year-old Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother
- a woman who had abused him with shocking brutality But even years after he was rescued his life remained a continual struggle Dave felt rootless & awkward an outcast haunted by memories of his years as the bruised cowering ' It' locked in his mother's basement Dave's dramatic reunion with his dying father & the shocking confrontation with his mother led to his ultimate calling mentor to others struggling with personal hardships From a difficult marriage to the birth of his son from an unfulfilling career to an enduring friendship Dave was finally able to break the chains of his past learning to trust to love & to live