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Michelle
Feb 03, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: reviewed, 2015, family
Nature vs. nurture. It's a long-standing debate. I personally think nurture has a more to do with how you turn out as a person, but Jeannette Walls might have just proved me wrong.

This is the story of growing up with two parents who, to put it nicely, both have issues. My armchair psychiatrist degree says they both just might be mentally ill. Definitely co-dependent. And really bad parents. Jeannette and her siblings grow up roaming from place to place as her parents run from people of the real
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Carys
Brilliant
Franzi
May 25, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Was für ein Buch... So lange stand es schon auf meiner Leseliste und endlich hab ich mich mal dazu gezwungen es zu lesen. Es passt auch genau in das Schema meiner Lieblingsbücher - Menschen, Familien, Abenteuer, besondere Lebensweisen und Geschichten. Dieses Buch ist jedoch anders als alles was ich hier in Deutschland mit Kindheit verbinde. Ich habe mindestens alle 5 Minuten heftig den Kopf schütteln müssen und hätte Jeannettes Eltern zwischenzeitlich lynchen können so wütend hat mich die Geschi ...more
Stacy
Aug 09, 2010 rated it it was amazing
This was a great read. Made me grateful for my sane parents.
Amanda Ciancaglione
This is definitely a book I will come back to re read again and again.
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Jan 13, 2012 marked it as to-read
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