Marie P. (grandmapaws) reviewed on 4/18/2007 + 33 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

One of the best autobiographies I have ever read. Jeannette tells of growing up in utter poverty with wit, humor and strong suvival instincts with dysfunctional parents. When sober, their father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology and how to embrace life. When drunk, he was dishonest and destructive. Their mother abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising children.

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