Elizabeth W. reviewed on 1/2/2009 + 2 more book reviews

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I very much enjoyed this book. It is written in the style of a journalist, despite the fact that it is a memoir. I'm sure Ms. Walls is an excellent journalist and always keeps her head in a crisis. It is that style that makes this book so enjoyable. I read it a second time and made an effort to have emotions for Ms. Walls who is so disconnected from them. I hope for her sake that she revisits this material with emotion for herself. I think the point of this book that it most often missed by the reader is that the Walls actually had access to money. They simply refused to use it at the expense of their children. This makes this story about something much deeper, and much more dysfunctional than poverty.

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