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Publication Info	New York : Scribner, 2006.
Year Published	2006
Edition	1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.
Description	288 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes	In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family. The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
Subject Headings	Walls, Jeannette. \| Children of alcoholics -- Biography. -- United States \| Children of alcoholics -- Biography. -- West Virginia -- Welch \| Dysfunctional families -- Case studies. -- United States \| Dysfunctional families -- Case studies. -- West Virginia -- Welch \| Poor -- Biography. -- West Virginia -- Welch \| Homeless persons -- Family relationships -- New York (State) -- New York.

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