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A story about the early life of Jeannette Walls. The memoir is an exposing work about her early life and growing up on the run and often homeless. It presents a different perspective of life from all over the United States and the struggle a girl had to find normalcy as she grew into an adult.
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- Author
- Jeannette Walls
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 347
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Simon & shuster, Diana Verlag
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- Spanish, French, German, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780748115563
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“I WAS SITTING IN a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster.”
Jeannette Walls is a writer and journalist. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she graduated with honors from Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia University.
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