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The Glass Castle: A Memoir (book)
THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON
The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers.
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.
The memoir was also made into a major motion picture from Lionsgate in 2017 starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts.
The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers.
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.
The memoir was also made into a major motion picture from Lionsgate in 2017 starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts.
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Jeannette Walls' parents loved their children, but were not particularly interested in parenting. The memoir covers Walls's unconventional upbringing and her complicated relationship with her parents who she loves, but understandably resents as well. Reminded me of Educated, but without the religious fundamentalism.
I wasn't too impressed with this book....it was too dark for me. I know those kind of situations are a part of life, but it was too difficult for me to read.
For anyone considering this book, trigger warnings for sexual assault and racial slurs.
This book broke my heart and healed it over and over again. A truly cathartic experience for me, I recommend this book to anyone seeking to make sense of a troubled childhood. Not only is the material captivating, the writing style mimics a diary in an immersive format, allowing you to digest each moment in well-paced momentum. A must-read in my opinion.
This book broke my heart and healed it over and over again. A truly cathartic experience for me, I recommend this book to anyone seeking to make sense of a troubled childhood. Not only is the material captivating, the writing style mimics a diary in an immersive format, allowing you to digest each moment in well-paced momentum. A must-read in my opinion.
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