The Glass Castle : A Memoir (CD-Audio)

from JMPowers

I found this book hard to put down. Each chapter delved deeper into the life of the author, and I had to keep reminding myself it is a true story. My interest was piqued from the first sentence and help fast through to the end. I have a new respect for this journalist, and love the way she depict...

from richardderus

Rating: 4.5* of five The Publisher Says: 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, teach...

from melodyaw

The Glass Castle is a gripping story of Jeannette Walls's astonishing childhood. With their parents unable to hold steady jobs, Walls and her siblings became accustomed to constantly running from bill collectors, living in an unending succession of filthy, unsafe homes, and never knowing from whe...

from richardderus

Rating: 4.5* of five The Publisher Says: 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, teach...

from Cait86

Oh, Jeannette Walls. How you ever turned out to have a normal adult life I shall never know. Your childhood was ridiculous - unbelievable really. Your memoir, The Glass Castle, made my neck sore from constantly shaking my head in shock. You know that day when Children's Aid showed up at your door...