Glass Castle: A Memoir
 

Glass Castle: A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and... (read more)

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This is the true story of the most insane set of parents you've ever heard or read about, so much so that at times I had my doubts about the total veracity of the memoir. Rex and Rosemary Walls are absolutely brilliant in some respects, but too irresponsible to keep gainful employment or to provide the necessities of life (food, clothes, shelter) for their children. They manage to squander any opportunities for a better a life that come their way, choosing instead to seek out the worst...

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  • Amanda

    amanda said:

    The Glass Castle has just been chosen as the April book in Amanda's Reading Challenge (http://www.shelfari.com/groups/22261/about). Come on over and join us as we discuss this book!

    posted Tuesday, April 8 2008
  • sthurner

    sthurner said:

    WPR (WIs. Public Radio) has a program called To The Best of Our Knowledge, and in the spring they did an interesting interview with Walls. I'm not as big a fan of the book as you are, but I thought you might enjoy finding the interview.

    posted Thursday, August 23 2007
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