Welch

Again the family moved, this time to Welch West Virginia. The most notable difference is the challenges that the winter season brings the family. In result of their poor living conditions they have heat problems, water problems, and electricity problems. They meet their grandma, whom they are to call Erma, their grandpa and their uncle Stanley. Erma is downright mean to the children and sexually harasses Brian along with slapping Lori. The children all go to school in Welch and Jeanette begins working on the school newspaper in seventh grade. She continues to do this until she graduates. Home life begins to become so rough all the children want to find ways to escape. Lori decides to move to New York City as soon as she graduates and Jeanette moves down with her after she finishes her junior year. Welch was probably the worst place of all and the children spent the majority of their years growing up there.