Glass Castle Plotline

After Jeanette comes home from the hospital, instead of being afraid of fire, she is fascinated by it. You'd think after being severly burned, fire might be a little scary, but it isn't for her. A few months later, Jeanette's dad wakes everyone up in the middle of the night and they leave the home in which they currently reside taking only the "necessary" things. Jeanette says her family was always doing the skedaddle as she calls it. She was poor as a child and her dad flees from bill collectors they have not paid. They live like nomads moving from town to town. Her dad would get odd jobs, and every once in a while they would live with their rich grandma. But that wouldn't last very long because a fight always breaks out between her and the dad. Her dad tells the kids stories about when he was young for entertainment. He also promises them that one day they will strike it rich finding gold from the machine he is inventing called the prospector. After they do, they will live in a big beautiful house made soley from glass called the glass castle. Jeanette and her family travels in a car they call the green caboose. During one of their many trips, Jeanette falls out of the car and her parents don't notice until her brother Brain tells them about a mile later. She is mad at first but her dad cheers her up. In thier many moves, Jeanette and her family travel to Las Vegas, San Francisco, And then back to a small town called Midland. They have Christmas one year in MidLand and Jeanette explains that shes never believed in Santa Claus beacuse her parents told her the truth. She never gets much for Christmas, but one year her dad gives all the kids a star of their own for "keeps". Her mom then gets pregnant and they move to a town called Blythe. Jeanette goes to school there and is the smartest one in the class. Unfortunately, the other kids aren't too fond of her and she is beat up several times. Her mom finally has the baby and they name her Maureen. A few days later, they embark on another trip. They rent a U- Haul and all the kids are to ride in the back. The car door flys open during the ride, and the kids almost fall out. Thats pretty much all thats happened so far. The book is unlike any that I have read before, but i really like it.