Beggar's Can't Be Choosers

"...A letter came from Aunt Ellis, my father's sister, written to me, inviting me to live with her in Lubbock. I want to get out of here, but not to Aunt Ellis, and not to Lubbock, Texas..." Spring 1935 Page 158

Billie Jo wants to leave Oklahoma. However when her aunt offers to have her live with her, Billie Jo doesn't want to live with her. This brings up the phrase "Beggars can't be choosers." This means that Billie Jo wants to leave and her aunt is giving her the oppurnity to do so. She doesn't really have any other options at the moment. However she refuses to go and live with her aunt. This shows a selfish side of Billie Jo. She wants to leave and yet she's being selfish and stubborn by not living with her aunt. If she wanted to leave as badly as she claims, she would live with her aunt in Texas.