Another stunning book by Jeannette Walls who also wrote The Glass Castle. Both are must reads.
This one is about her grandmother, a very strong and unusual woman, written in the first person by Walls. Her style as again very rigorous and powerful, suitable for the horrific stories of grit and determination.
One of my personal takes was the contrast of poverty and hardship and deprivation with the comparative luxuries they had, compared to my own upbringing. I had to fight the feeling of "this doesn't ring true", making me mistrust my opinion that my experience was not typical or my memory defective. For example, having horses was a rare luxury in my upbringing.
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