

Shoplifting, larceny, and other desperate measures sent the then imperiled family down a rather rocky road.

That all began to crumble when her parents went through a divorce, forcing her once perfect (at least in image) mother to make drastic changes to her own moral code in order to keep up the life style she believed she and her children deserved. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (July 16, 2019)īorn to strict catholic parents who often threatened to throw their children into the nearby maximum security prison if they stepped out of line, Maureen grew up attempting to fit into a very straight and narrow mold.
