The Glass Castle: A Memoir
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2005
- ISBN
- 9780743247535
- Book Title
- Glass Castle : a Memoir
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Social Science, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Adult Children of Substance Abusers, Poverty & Homelessness, General, Literary, Dysfunctional Families
- Item Weight
- 19.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0743247531
ISBN-13
9780743247535
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43120442
Product Key Features
Book Title
Glass Castle : a Memoir
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Adult Children of Substance Abusers, Poverty & Homelessness, General, Literary, Dysfunctional Families
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-058907
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Just read the first pages ofThe Glass Castleby Jeannette Walls, and I defy you not to go on. It's funny and sad and quirky and loving. I was incredibly touched by it."-- Dominick Dunne, author ofThe Way We Lived Then: Recollections of a Well-Known Name Dropper, "The Glass Castleis the saga of the restless, indomitable Walls family, led by a grand eccentric and his tempestuous artist wife. Jeannette Walls has survived poverty, fires, and near starvation to triumph. She has written this amazing tale with honesty and love."-- Patricia Bosworth, author ofAnything Your Little Heart DesiresandDiane Arbus: A Biography, "Jeannette Walls has carved a story with precision and grace out of one of the most chaotic, heartbreaking childhoods ever to be set down on the page. This deeply affecting memoir is a triumph in every possible way, and it does what all good books should: it affirms our faith in the human spirit."-- Dani Shapiro, author of Family History, "Jeannette Walls has carved a story with precision and grace out of one of the most chaotic, heartbreaking childhoods ever to be set down on the page. This deeply affecting memoir is a triumph in every possible way, and it does what all good books should: it affirms our faith in the human spirit."-- Dani Shapiro, author ofFamily History
Dewey Decimal
362.82/092 B
Synopsis
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 above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn't stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an "excitement addict." Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever.Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town -- and the family -- Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents' betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home.What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.For two decades, Jeannette Walls hid her roots. Now she tells her own story. A regular contributor to MSNBC.com, she lives in New York and Long Island and is married to the writer John Taylor., In the tradition of Mary Karr's The Liars' Club and Rick Bragg's All Over But the Shouting, Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric, and severely misguided family.
LC Classification Number
HV5132.W35 2005
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