The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Language: English
Biography Biography & Autobiography Case Studies Children of Alcoholics Children of Alcoholics - United States Children of Alcoholics - West Virginia - Welch Dysfunctional families General Homeless Persons Homeless Persons - New York (State) - New York - Family Relationships Literary Literary Figures Personal Memoirs Poor Poor - West Virginia - Welch Problem Families - United States Problem Families - West Virginia - Welch Problem families United States Walls; Jeannette Welch West Virginia Women
Publisher: Scribner
Published: Jan 17, 2006
Description:
Now a major motion picture from Lionsgate starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers.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.