The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls attended Barnard College and worked as a journalist in New York. For more than eight years, her memoir, The Glass Castle, has been a New York Times best-seller. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses, which The New York Times Book Review editors named one of the ten best books of 2009.

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, as well as a revelatory look into a deeply dysfunctional but uniquely vibrant family. When Jeannette's father was sober, he captured his children's imaginations by teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. When he drank, however, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who despised domesticity and the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls kids learned to look after themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another until they arrived in New York. Their parents chose to be homeless while their children prospered, so they followed them.

The Glass Castle is a truly remarkable memoir, permeated by the intense love of a strange but devoted family. In 2017, Lionsgate released a major motion picture based on the memoir, starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts.

Author: Jeannette Walls

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Castle-Memoir-Jeannette-Walls/dp/074324754X/

Ratings: 4.6 out of 5 stars (from 19180 reviews)

Best Sellers Rank: #1,391 in Books

#1 in Author Biographies

#20 in Women's Biographies

#86 in Memoirs (Books)