From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Freelance writer Walls doesn’t pull her punches. She opens her memoir by describing looking out the window of her taxi, wondering if she’s “overdressed for the evening” and spotting her mother on the sidewalk, “root­ing through a Dumpster.” Walls’ parents—just two of the unforgettable characters in this excellent, unusual book—were a matched pair of eccentrics, and raising four children didn’t conventionalize either of them. The Walls children learned to support themselves, eating out of trashcans at school or painting their skin so the holes in their pants didn’t show. One by one, each child escaped to New York City. Still, it wasn’t long before their parents appeared on their door­steps. “Why not?” Mom said. “Being homeless is an adventure.”

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