Includes previews of The Silver Star and Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls.
Summary:
The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother chronicles her family's nomadic lifestyle and her unconventional upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
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