A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse (Abridged) Audiobook

" This just kind of reinforces my thinking that there are some people who should never reproduce. I can only hope some of these memories have been distorted by time but I fear they havent and that all this disturbing abuse actually took place at the hands of this madwoman that these kids called "Mother." "

" I really liked this book. It was very intresting. It was awful how he got beaten because his mother was an alcoholic. It shows the tales of a boy named Richard growing up in an abusive household, it is a tragedy. People who can handle such hard truths will really connect with this book. "

" A good book from the Pelzer family. "

" Hard to rate this book as "good" because of the subject matter. An inside look on a house full of abuse. An eye-opener. "

" This book is written by Richard Pelzer; David Pelzer's (the author of "A Child Called It", etc.) brother. He tells the story of how he was to blame for some of David's abuse as a child. He was his mom's Little "Nazi" as he called it. In fear of becoming the outlet for his mother's abuse, he did everything he could, lying and making up stories, to turn her anger towards David nad not to himself. This all ended though when the state removed David from the home and Richard's biggest fear came true; although he was her "Nazi" at one point in time, he now was the one who had to endure the ravish rage of his mother's abuse. "

" Horrendous story. Not great writing, but conjurs up emotion. Which makes it decent. I'm glad we're much more aware of child abuse today...and largely because of the courage that Pelzer displays here. "

" Poignant, difficult, sad, yet powerful... "

" At first this book pulled me in and within an hour I had read through the first 6 chapters. I do have to say it kind of drags towards the late middle section of the story, however it's still a good read. It's written beautifully- as beautiful as such a sad story could be written. "

" This is another part to the story "A Child Called It" told by David Pelzer's brother Richard. It was a very sad story and I can't fathom how a parent got away with this abuse on her children. I thought the story was upsetting, but nowhere near how upset I felt after reading "A Child Called It. "

" Took a WEEK to read it. LOVE it, this book is just as good as the books by his brother David. "

" After Dave Left, his brother ends up getting the torture. It's sad that he came out with it so late in his life, he kept it bottled up for so long!! "

" This story is told by David Pelzer's (Author of the Child Called It) brother, his perspective and more details of what happened in their family. A true and horrific story about child abuse. This book contained a lot of emotion and you can relate to the author. "

" another really sad but true book. "

" Terrible case of mental illness and addiction= victimizing a child. "

" I felt this ended abruptly. Or, I just wanted a few more chapters. "

" Richard is not the writer his brother Dave is but insightful nonetheless. "

" its sad how if one brother leaves the rest have to pay because of the mom being an alchoholic "

" Just as harrowing as his brother's account. "

" I sad story of what some parents put their kids thru. "

" Excellent book but not for the weak. I have an interest in crimes against children and know that I can handle it. However, there were events in this book that left me feeling sick. Horrendous that this type of abuse can occur! "

" books like these make me want to hurt someone. I can't believe a mother would do these horrific things to her own flesh and blood. No child deserves a life like that "

" Just like a cchild called it buuuut..... ITS ABOUT DAVID'S 2SC YOUNGEST BROTHER!!!!! RICHARD!!!!!!!! WOW. REALLY REALLY GOOD. i just cant believe that richard was abused,too. "

" poorly written and excruciatingly slow. "

" It was okay, followed too much in his brothers footsteps. Gave an interesting side to how the younger brother felt. "

" Its stomach churning to read about the 2nd son of the monster mother that we were first introduced to in the Child Called It... The question that kept popping up in my mind is "why didn't anyone do anything?!!?!" "

" It seemed to me like he only wrote this book because he did not want to be outdone by his brother. There was not as much raw emotion in this book as in A Child Called It. "

" its sad how if one brother leaves the rest have to pay because of the mom being an alchoholic "

" Not worth the read just read David Pelzers 3 books, this is basicly the same story from a slightly different view point. "

" This story is told by David Pelzer's (Author of the Child Called It) brother, his perspective and more details of what happened in their family. A true and horrific story about child abuse. This book contained a lot of emotion and you can relate to the author. "

" Not as good... It was good. I guess not as gripping as 'a child called it.' It was neat as a sort of further story of the family. Like his brother's books, they end suddenly and leave most of your questions unanswered, but since it's a story of real life, I guess that's how life is sometimes. "

" Completely atrocious what he went through. Thought it was written semi-poorly though. "

" This was a really good book; however I felt like he was trying to make profit from his brothers book. "