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jeannette is married and wealthy. Her parents, live on the streets and dig through trash. She is embarrassed by them and tries to give them money but they always decline. Her parents choose to live "homeless" -
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Pages 6-15
When Jeanette was younger she tried to make a hot dogs for herself in the kitchen and she caught on fire and had to go to the hospital Her father did not like hospitals and consistently argued with the nurses until he decided to take her and just leave -
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Pages 15-16
After Jeanette's fire incident she becomes obsessed with fire and decides to steal some of her fathers matches and melts her dolls faces -
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Pages 18-25
Jeanette Father decided one day to pack up everything they need and leave their house and wouldn't say where they are going and Jeannette had forgotten some stuff including her doll and during the ride. then they moving in the middle of the night in order to avoid debt collectors. Sometimes when they had no money left would stay with their grandmas but they left due to fighting between their grandma and their dad. but even though sometimes they ent to bed hungry they always heard a bedtime story -
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Jeannette's parents would tell her stories about when she and her siblings were born. They also talked about how they had another daughter named Mary Charlene but she died. Jeannette's Dad took them to Las Vegas and when they were driving along, she fell out of the car. She was injured but stayed in her spot until her parents came back for her a while later. -
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Jeannette lived in Vegas for about a month until their hotel caught on fire and burned down. They were then warned for illegally sleeping on the beach and that is when they decided to move back to the desert. -
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Their mother is now pregnant. When she has the baby they planned to move to Blythe. -
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Jeannette had to go to school in Blythe. Her and Brian got into a fight with some Mexican girls and ended up winning. Their mother finally had her baby. It was a girl and they named her after her two grandmothers and her mother.