
I looked forward to reading Trailer Trash: An ’80s Memoir, by Angie Cavallari, not because of the 1980s, which I experienced as an adult, but because of the characters I wanted to meet at the park. I used to babysit a family in a “trailer park” and later as an adult lived in a “mobile home park,” and so knew of some of the unique people who tended to live in these neighborhoods.
The book is a fun read. The story follows her family as they move from Chicago to Florida to buy and manage a mobile home park. Along the way we learn of Angie’s life as a young girl who is made to help with the “family business.” She often has to hide when tenants being evicted come to argue with her parents and has to listen to her mother’s comments about her weight. Other chaotic issues follow her around. The story reads as though lthrough a child’s eyes, making it both sad in a way but also very interesting.
The only thing I want is MORE about the characters and how they interact with one another and with Angie’s family. Maybe that will come in the future.