The Chaos King

Before you think Georgie a skull short of a full skeleton, you must understand that there were very good reasons for Georgie's lack of interest in the truly mind-boggling amount of money she had. You see, Georgetta Rose Aster Bloomington wasn't always The Richest Girl in the Universe. As a matter of fact, she wasn't always known as Georgetta Rose Aster Bloomington. Just six months before, Georgetta Rose Aster Bloomington was a girl named Gurl who lived in a miserable orphanage. There, she spent much of her time daydreaming about a happy life, a real life, without ever expecting to live one. But reality turned out to be more mind-boggling than any daydream. A half year ago, she learned a lot of things about her life, among them:

a) That she had been kidnapped by the gangster Sweetcheeks Grabowski when she was just a baby.b)That she was subsequently lost by the gangster Sweetcheeks Grabowski because of a special power she had, the power to turn herself invisible. c)That she was found by a homeless woman and given to an orphanage called Hope House for the Homeless and Hopeless.d)That Georgie escaped Hope House for the Homeless and Hopeless with the help of her good friend Bug, who turned out to be none other than the son of the gangster Sweetcheeks Grabowski.e)That her real parents were The Richest Couple in the Universe. And finally:f)That this was an awful lot for a person to take in and still remain sane.

(from Chapter 1 of The Chaos King)