![]() ![]() At age four, she had already moved eleven times. Growing up nomadic is a succinct description of Walls’ childhood. ![]() Since its publication in 2005, the award-winning childhood memoir of Jeannette Walls has garnered high acclaims and been on the New York Times Best-Seller List for 100 weeks. Knowing that it is the telling of a real-life story intrigued me all the more. A closer look made her realize that was her own mother. As she glanced out the window, she saw a homeless woman scavenging a garbage bin. The author, a successful journalist and writer, was in a taxi, all dressed up for an evening event in New York City. The opening of the book grabbed me right away as I was browsing in a bookstore. ![]() For my 100th post, I’d like to share an extraordinary personal narrative by writer Jeannette Walls. ![]()
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