Fire
Let It BurnFire can be cleansing, like when Adele sets fire to the rain. But it can also be dangerous, like when Jeannette Walls sets fire to herself. Or blows up a shack in the woods. Or probably...
Jeannette's Geode
Shine Bright like a GeodeJeannette grows up in a mining town, and she has an affinity for rocks. Her favorite one has "insides coated with tiny white crystals" (2.20.98). When Dad does the skedaddl...
The Joshua Tree
Still Hasn't Found What She's Looking ForJeannette gets her gift of metaphor from her mother. When gazing at a Joshua tree in the desert, for example, Mom says, "It's the Joshua Tree's struggle tha...