I think it was a great idea for Jeannette and her sister to move to New York City. At that point in their lives, their entire family was falling apart- it wasn't like it was when the children were little and they were living in the desert. It was time for a new stage in Jeannette's life without her parents there to ruin it. Living in Welch was as bad as it could get for them.
At this point in the story I really did not like the parents and the way they acted toward their children. Especially the dad. But I do have to commend them for alwas staying togther and their mom not leaving their dad. Although he was a chain smoking drunk, she never left him and never made excuses for him.
I found it very humerous that the parents moved to New York City in that old battered van that broke down in the middle of the highway. Their Mom's spirit for adventure never wavered, even after all four of her children moved to NYC without her. I think that Lori made the right decision when she decided to kick her mom out of her apartment. The whole point of them leaving Welch to go to the city was to leave their parents and start lives of their own.Having her mom live with her was just waying her down and making her stressed.
All and all, I found this book very enchanting and interesting to read. I think that Jeannette writing about her own life was a great topic for her book. Although life or the Walls' was not easy, they found a way to salvage what they had and make it into something great. Out of all three books I hadto read this summer, this one was definetly my favorite.
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