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The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls
$10.90
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle

Resilient family saga; love amidst chaos.

"The Glass Castle" resonates with anyone appreciating stories of overcoming adversity. Jeannette Walls offers a candid and vivid account of her upbringing, painting a picture of a family that's as unorthodox as it is tightly-knit. Her journey from a nomadic, poverty-stricken childhood to success, despite the odds, is both inspiring and a testament to the strength of the human spirit. If you're drawn to real-life tales that magnify the complexities of family love and self-determination, this memoir will likely linger with you long after the last page.

  • ALA Alex Award (2006)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls
$10.90
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ISBN: 9780743247542
Authors: Jeannette Walls
Publisher: Scribner
Date of Publication: 2006-01-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography, Memoir, Biography Memoir, Autobiography
Goodreads rating: 4.33
(rated by 1346709 readers)

Description

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.
 

Resilient family saga; love amidst chaos.

"The Glass Castle" resonates with anyone appreciating stories of overcoming adversity. Jeannette Walls offers a candid and vivid account of her upbringing, painting a picture of a family that's as unorthodox as it is tightly-knit. Her journey from a nomadic, poverty-stricken childhood to success, despite the odds, is both inspiring and a testament to the strength of the human spirit. If you're drawn to real-life tales that magnify the complexities of family love and self-determination, this memoir will likely linger with you long after the last page.

  • ALA Alex Award (2006)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.