There's something special in the way that Jeannette Walls speaks of her childood that is neither sentimental nor woe is me. Her and her siblings dealt with the charismatic father who was a great dad and a horrible father all at once. His alcoholism seems the root of the families trouble but as she peels back the layers of her youth we find that Rex was not the only one holding this family back from enjoying the simple luxuries of food, electricity, and hot water. This book was a great read and although your heart will go out to Jeanette for what she and her siblings endured she's definatley not asking for sympathy- it's more like she needed to clear her concious about who she really is and where she has come from.
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