Jeanette is cooking hot dogs in her favorite outfit when it catches on fire. Her father is not home, so her mother asks their neighbor for a ride to the hospital. At the hospital the doctors are worried about her because she is severely burned and needs a skin graft. The nurses are concerned about her home life too. They think she is neglected by her parents. Jeanette enjoys staying at the hospital because everyone takes care of her. One day her family shows up and argues with the doctors because dad does not approve of the hospital. So, he came back another day and took her out of the hospital without permission.
When she got better she became fascinated by fire. She would light things on fire and stamp them out, run her finger through a flame, and lit matches constantly. One day she melted the face of her favorite toy and wished she could do a skin graft on the plastic toy to make it beautiful again.
Their lives consisted of travelling around the desert areas of Arizona and surrounding states living in mining towns. They were always on the run from perceived evils like the FBI, but they were just moving because of bill collectors. Jeanette’s dad never got along with her mother’s mother, who was very wealthy. So, they never lived a life of luxury. Dad taught them how to shoot guns, and throw knives by the time they were four. They also learned how to read and do math very well by age five. Their parents taught them how to thrive on almost nothing in the desert and survive any type of storm. Dad was an extremely intelligent man. He knew almost everything there was to know about math and science, and he was an inventor. He developed the Prospector to find gold. However, he was an alcoholic, but an awesome story teller. He told stories about what he’s done in life and what he will do; like build the Glass Castle. As soon as they found gold, the Glass Castle would be built.
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