Robin1 reviewed on 1/8/2010 + 26 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Good read. A well written but disturbing memoir of the author's childhood, growing up with a mentally ill, alcoholic father and mentally ill, totally self absorbed, mother. Her parents neglected their children (child abuse these days) and neither provided a stable home life for their family with the basics of food, decent shelter and clean, warm, clothing. Even though her mother had a college education, she had no interest in using it to provide for her family. She was left a nice home out West from her mother's estate which they lived in for a while then left for the town where the father was raised and lived in complete and utter poverty thereafter. This, even though they had money and property which they did not care about and would not use. The author and her siblings basically raised themselves and even took care of their parents at times. Though this story was very disturbing, I could not put it down because I had to see what would happen next. The message in the end was uplifting and the author overcame her awful childhood and teen years to become successful in life.

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