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This book is being reserved for the First Sentence Virtual Bookbox hosted by collectorkerri. It was just added it to the VBB today. I wonder who will choose this book based on this first sentence:

"I was sitting in a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster."

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This book was chosen by Annimanni so off it goes to Finland! Enjoy!

Received with thanks :)

This is a compelling, infuriating book, even more so since it's a true story. The kids are remarkable, the parents make me so angry and frustrated that I simply don't have the words to describe them. And yet they have their moments too, particularly the father.

I like the way Wells writes about her childhood. It's not a pity party, but instead a very lucid, at the same time touching and calm narrative of her formative years. Recommended!

Thanks for the wishlist book Annimanni !

What a life, what a memoir! Can this be true? While reading I felt all this: anger, joy, desperation,disbelief,admiration, sadness, pity and almost also the hunger in my stomach! The Walls family led a life that is almost unimaginable to me and what made me especially furious was the fact that the parents had it voluntarily!
But one feeling is missing totally from Jeannette´s memoir: bitterness. And I think that it is good, because without bitterness and accusals in it, Jeannette makes this a real memoir, a story about her family that will hold together come what may.

I will give this to Flower78 at the monthly PKS meeting 10.2.15.

Thanks a lot for this book, Tyrnimarja! I'll try to read this quite soon, because the book got such praise by Tyrnimarja and Annelis. :) Actually I already started reading the first page...

For me this was mostly a sad, but interesting reading experience. It's hard to believe that it's a true story. I can't understand why and how the parents didn't see the reality, the way of living they were offering for their children. I was so happy when their children realized that there are also other ways of living and that there are chances to improve your life by making different choices.

I offered this book on Finnish First Sentence Virtual Bookbox (EVK-virtuaalipussi) and it was quickly chosen. She'll receive it by mail.

I got this book by mail. Seems like a interesting book.

This was so sad story. I almost didin´t wont to read it, but I red it. Was nice that the children did things differently. I think for me it was more about timing when I red this. Maybe some other time I would have got more out of this book.
My son wants to read this book. So he took it whit him to Amsterdam and after readin it he will leave it somewhere there.