I'm only halfway through this book and can hardly imagine finishing it. The parents are reprehensible. The readers who describe these people as "eccentric" are jumping on some sort of sick bandwagon to justify their own inept parenting. There is no other explanation for ANYONE saying one kind or supportive word about the Walls parents. I find them to be delusional, selfish, irresponsible, abusive pigs. Anyone drowning himself in alcohol and visiting the whorehouse while his children eat butter for dinner needs to be put in jail. But then, you have the mother throwing money away on "art supplies" when she could actually be working........all while believing her 3-year-olds third degree burns were attained while learning a valuable lesson of self sufficiency. Good one. I hate this book.