The Pale-Faced Lie
A True Story

This book is just as amazing as the author who wrote it. David is a life long friend - since we sat together in 7th period Science at Kensington Junior High over 50 years ago. David was always a good story teller. Kids would gather around his desk to hear stories of living on an Indian reservation i......more

This is a heartbreaking, utterly riveting memoir. The writing is absolutely fantastic. Crow describes growing up under circumstances I cannot image surviving. With an abusive father and mentally disturbed mother, his older sister became the de facto mother at the age of seven to him, who was then th......more

I know Dave personally and have worked with him professionally. Over the years we've attended social events, sporting events, business meetings, and have golfed together. In the course of our conversations I've picked up numerous snippets of his family relationships, hints of abuse, many stories of......more

Much of this book was full of trauma, and while I don’t want to downplay any of it, there’s been so much written about disgusting wrongs people have endured by those who supposedly love them that it was also hard to read with a high compassion meter. I had to keep reminding myself that these are exp......more

Kokia tragiška istorija. Apie vyrą ir moterį, kurie neturėjo tinkamų įgūdžių būti tėvais. Net jei iš šono jie galėjo atrodyti kaip niekuo neišsiskirianti šeima, net jei ir vaikai juos savaip mylėjo – šis romanas yra vienas tikriausių įrodymų, kad ne visi yra pajėgūs apsaugoti, išauklėti, užauginti i......more