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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
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Manufacturer: Scribner
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The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing -- a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar, but loyal, family. Jeannette Walls has a story to tell, and tells it brilliantly, without an ounce of self-pity.
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What Customers Say About The Glass Castle: A Memoir:
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This is a fantastic, engrossing memoir of homelessness, poverty, and success. I couldn't put it down.
This books supports my theory of life which is no matter where or what you come from, you can get as far as you want in the good ol' U.S. One word: PHENOMENAL. of A. Reading this humorous, fast moving and yet heartbreaking book you can't help feeling it's got to be a great work of fiction when in reality it is a memoir of the author's childhood. A story set against the odds which could have read like a lot of negativity, but was told more like the adventure the parents of the author made it out to be. as long as you have the will, hardwork, and tenacity. Definitely a must read.
I ENJOYED THIS BOOK VERY MUCH. IT MADE ME THINK AND REALIZE HOW LUCKY I WAS TO GROW UP THE WAY I DID. I REALLY CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING REALLY NO ONE TO DEPEND ON THE WAY THESE CHILDREN HAD NO ONE. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AFTER READING ABOUT THIS FAMILY
Our book club read The Glass Castle- what a story- well written and difficult to put down.
She writes about her parents Rex (an alcoholic) and Rose Mary (starving artist) lacking to support her and her other siblings (Brian, Lori, and Maureen) and overcoming the hardship of truly being dirt poor. Who am I to say their life story is a 1 out of 5 stars. Despite some of the bad ratings, I myself can't bare to give a bad rating since the book is based on the authors life. The book mostly focuses on how poor her family was and how difficult life got when they didn't have a dime to feed themselves for days but what I found most fascinating were the parents, which I found to be mentally ill (especially the mother) I can't help but to blame them for everything that went wrong due to their selfishness and lack of interest in doing everything they possibly can to support their children. So if I could I wouldn't give it a rating at all, but since I must, I give it a 5. Jeannette Walls writes about her hardships within the pages and although some parts may seem "far fetched" its not my place to call her a liar. I would recommend this book to anyone that took interest in the book called "Angela's ashes" and for anyone who liked this book but has not read "Angela's ashes" to go and read it.
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