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When Jeannette was 3 she was allowed to cook herself food and ended up burning herself severely cooking hot dogs. Rex is not able to pay the medical bills so he grabs Jeannette and runs out of the hospital.
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The family was on the road looking for a new home when the car door opens and Jeannette falls out. Dad does not realize and keeps driving away.
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Maureen, Jeannette's little sister is born.
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The Walls end up moving to Battle Mountain because Rex gets in some trouble with the police.
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The family decide to move again and this time go to Welch, Rex's hometown.
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The Walls have a home to themselves, but struggle. They have to survive the winter season and have a very difficult time in the cold with a sub par home.
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Jeannette is fed up and done with her mothers attitude and actually calls her out on it. She says if she wants to be treated like a mother she has to act like one.
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Jeannette decides to go to New York to live with Lori. Unfortunately the parents are not happy about it.
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Rex, Jeannette's father has a heart attack and dies. Her dad's death forces her to reexamine her life.
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Jeannette leaves her husband Eric and marries a man named John. She rebuilds connections with her family and everyone comes together. She is finally happy.