Parental Influence of Jill McCorkle: How her parents shaped her writing.

Parents have more influence on their children than anything else they come across in the world. This is true even in "The Mullet Girls." Jill McCorkle describes many of her parents' traits and beliefs that lead to how she viewed the world.
From the start you can tell that her mother has a very conservative opinion. Jill goes on to explain why they stay in the little town when they go on vacation. Instead of the big cities they used to visit. "We had stopped going to Ocean Drive and Myrtle Beach, which had become a haven for teenagers and college kids who wanted to party." (McCorkle pg.…