I'm trying to read the book while listening to the Audible version before my free trial expires in a few days, and there's one little, big difference I noticed. When Jewel mentioned that when she was trying to move out at 15 to live in that little cabin and she noticed the money she saved up was missing, you got the idea that Nedra took it even though Jewel didn't outright say that she took it. Nothing was really said afterward. Fast forward to her second year at Interlochen and she says she gains weight and decides to form a group for those with eating disorders. In the audio version she says "I had heard about twelve-step programs from my mom when she had taken my rent money." In the book the sentence doesn't include "when she had taken my rent money." I'm guessing this was one of the things she had to edit out of the book which explains why she didn't want Howard to talk about it in their interview. I didn't understand why at the time because she actually said so in the audio book, you know? That small addition/subtraction makes a difference, though, because in the book she talks about forgiving her mom, but you wouldn't understand what she would be forgiving her mom for. It's a good little anecdote for what happens later in her career, though, which is probably why she kept it in. This is in chapter 13, page 114 - 115, by the way.
On another, somewhat similar note, I found it rather odd how Nedra seemed to move around so much. She even left Jewel, her underage daughter, who stayed in a house all by herself while she finished a school year. What parent would do that? Just leave their child to fend for themselves? Even if people were more self-reliant in Alaska it's still baffling to me. And Nedra leaves again in San Diego after they move into their cars together. How crappy, then, for her to only stick around when Jewel really hit it big. Ew.
