Okay, confession time: I literally ignored my husband for an hour in the car because I HAD to finish this book. That's how gripping Dave Pelzer's final memoir is!

This third installment follows Dave's adult journey - Air Force career, toxic relationships, and his heartbreaking attempts to understand his abusive mother. The scene where he visits her nursing home? I cried in public like a weirdo.

Pro tip: Buy all three books together unless you enjoy the special torture of waiting for sequels to arrive. Learned that the hard way after speed-reading 'A Child Called It' in one night.

Funny side effect: My husband now does dramatic readings of grocery lists pretending they're Dave Pelzer memoirs. 5/5 would ruin marital communication again.