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“Jeannette Walls . . . once again proves that the combination of gifted storyteller with great stories is both rare and intoxicating."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer“[An] eloquent tribute to a pragmatic heroine . . . A powerhousefast-moving, fearless and impossible to forget.”Michelle Green, People[Jeannette Walls is] the third generation of a line of indomitable women whose paths she has inscribed on the permanent record, enriching the common legend of our American past.”Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review (cover review)