The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.21
Goodreads Summary:
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.
Actual Rating: 3.8
Very interesting.. I'm starting to enjoy non-fiction simply because it's real stories.. It's things that have actually happened and I enjoy the glimpse into a different day and time.
Initially I added this book to my to-read shelf because I heard they were making a movie out of it. I think the movie will be interesting.
Prior to reading this book I had no idea who Jeanette Wells was. I still don't know who she was other than the author of this book. The book itself was well written and enjoyable. Good life lessons tucked in around every corner. Very interesting to see how the children grew up to be after living in such deplorable conditions.
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