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“Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.”
This image shows a little girl growing up into adulthood
Jeannette Walls had a rough childhood growing up and her parents neglected her and her siblings.

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Rose Mary calls Rex a "Stinking rotten drunk," and Rex says "yeah, but you love this old drunk don't you?"
After the argument Rose Mary agrees and forgives him.

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"Once you go on welfare it changes you. Even if you get off welfare you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case."
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Rose Mary and Rex don't need help from other people because they are not a charity case.

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"I could hear mom in the room singing while she worked on one of her painting."
This image shows Rose Mary paintings because she loves to paint.
Rose Mary would spend more time painting than with her children.

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"When dad wasn't telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle."
This image is supposed to be a Glass Castle.
Rex always talked about building a glass house that would have solar cells but never built it.

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"I was wearing the dress to cook hot dogs, watching them swell and bob in the boiling water."
This image shows two parents unaware what the child is doing.
Jeannette at the age of three was cooking over a fire while Rose Mary was painting.