Jeannett Walls lived a horrendous life and is such a strong and interesting person because of this. She had the courage to put her story on paper and share it. Wow. How sad it is to read these other reviews of people that have obviously lived with blinders on . How dare anybody question her story. Are these questioning reviewers in belief that no child in America lives with crazy parents? What I thought was so awesome about Jeannette's story is that she wrote it even though there are such judgemental people in this world such as these non-believing reviewers! Jeannette is truly a hero for this.