The book is a memior of the author's life, and it is a powerful story of a little girl that overcomes her family's biggest trial: Her father.
Her father was a drunkard, and he just couldn't hold a job. But the family would get into loads and loads of debt, and then, when the creditors would come for the money, her family would upack up and leave to another town. Usually the next town would be a dying mining town, such as Welch and Battlecreek.
Another one of the trials was her mother. Her mother would not be responsible. Since money was always tight (really tight), she would go for a teaching position at the local school, but always would be overwhelmed. The mother would throw tantrums, and could not take the pressure.
The family was, quite obviously, poor. Stunningly poor, actually. The father would always spend money on alchohol and cigarrettes, and, in the end, would stumble past the sagging porch and through the rotting door.
And the author made it through the trials, enduring even the worst part.
She made it to New York, and became a writer, and lead a normal life.
And I think that this book shows that anyone can be like that.
Be such as a phoenix, rising from the ashes, from the dust and becoming so much more...
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