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| The Glass Castle: A Memoir | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeannette Walls
Publisher: Scribner
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1160 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1423
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 074324754X
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.82092
EAN: 9780743247542
ASIN: 074324754X
Publication Date: January 9, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 I was rapt November 7, 2008
I love reading about disfunctional families because I come from one. Jeanette's mom in this book was an exagerated version of my own mother. Never did the author get smarmy or wallow in self-pity. Instead it was easy to see the humor in all the incredible childhood memories. I felt I was living them with her.
Loved it! November 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought this book was brilliant. I didn't know too much about it and I took a chance on reading it. I'm so glad I did. It was very moving and powerful. I can relate to parts of Jeannette's childhood and I she really tugged at my heartstrings. Reading about her determination was inspiring and really makes you see how important it is to be the best person and parent you can be for your children.
 Stick with it until the end November 6, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
(This review contains spoilers.)
This book was recommended to me by a number of friends and colleagues. I was initially excited to read it, and as the book went on and the family situation became more dire, it grew hard to read. All along, the quality of the writing and the consistency of the author's even-handed reportorial voice made the book worth giving a 4 or 5-star review. It's not really a flaw of the book that it's a struggle to read about children not having enough to eat, not going to school on a regular basis, not having health care, and living at the whim of their alcoholic and mentally ill parents. Nevertheless I had to force myself to read the middle of the book, which muted some of this amazing story's impact. It may have been my incredulity at the author and her siblings' seeming to let their parents off the hook too easily and not appearing to confront them or try to change their lives until they were nearly adults. Unlike some of the negative reviewers, I do believe that this is a true story. And it is has been meticulously and beautifully told. As the story neared its conclusion, I was glad to have stuck it out to witness the resilience of (most of) the children as they became adults and the way that they were able to individuate from their now homeless and ne'er do well parents.
excellent memoir masterpiece November 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
kept me interested from start to finish- we read it for our book club everyone loved it !
very interesting life and great ending!
I would love to read a sequel to this book.
 Glass Castle Review November 4, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
While I found the children of the Wells family to be sympathetic characters and I applaud their perserverance to achieve against all odds, I also found the book tedious reading in spots.
I feel that it was written more as a catharsis for the author rather than entertainment for the reader. However, I do admire her loyalty to parents who deserved none.
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