I love this book and I read it twice. I was inspired by the way Walls and her siblings were able to make it on their own as adults. Clearly her parents were completely insane and continued to get worse as the years passed. For some reason I was able to understand her love for her dad, but her mother was just irredeemable to me.

Yes! It drives me crazy when someone critiques a book by saying the main character isn't likable. For God's sake, most people aren't likable.

Editors seem to be a thing of the past. If you don't believe me just read anything - books, magazines, news.