
Jeannette recounts her unconventional upbringing with parents who rejected conventional domesticity. Her brilliant but alcoholic father and free-spirited mother raised their children in extreme poverty, often moving between towns. The children learned to fend for themselves, eventually escaping to New York to build successful lives while their parents chose homelessness.
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