![]() ![]() Mom makes Dad stop the car because she sees a tree that catches her eye: a Joshua tree, permanently windblown from growing in the barren desert. Dad enters the room and carries the kids to the safety of the bar across the street.Īfter moving a few more times, the family is driving through the desert. One night while their parents are out, a fire starts in their hotel room and Jeannette, paralyzed by her last close call by fire, wakes but is unable to scream or waken her siblings. During the day, Dad counts cards at the blackjack table and the kids look for spare change in the slot machine trays. Sometime later, they move to Las Vegas and live in a cheap hotel. Once she regains consciousness, she waits by the road, worried that her family will abandon her however, after a while, they return and Dad rushes out of the car and comforts her while pulling pebbles out of her skin with pliers. Dad takes a quick turn, causing the back door to fly open and little Jeannette to tumble out. ![]() Mom and Dad return with treats for the kids and pull out into the desert. The two girls discuss how many times they've moved they count eleven places. ![]() Four-year-old Jeannette and seven-year-old Lori sit in the family station wagon with Brian, waiting for their parents to leave a rundown rural Nevada casino. ![]()
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