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The Glass Castle Part IV, Chapter 6

By Jeannette Walls

Part IV, Chapter 6

Six weeks later, Dad gets out of the hospital.
At Christmas, Mom and Dad give the kids presents they scavenged from the trash.
Jeannette gives Dad new clothes, and he feels like a "goddamn charity case" (4.6.11).
Mom, though? She loves getting presents. She takes all she can get.