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If you're looking for a memoir to put you through the emotional wringer, this is it. A fantastically written memoir of the heartbreaking childhood of the author and her siblings.

I honestly didn‘t enjoy this as much as I thought I would. Fast read but I don‘t think I‘m a super huge fan of the writing style. Really it mostly just made me mad but I guess that also means that it was good enough to have an impact

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In “The Glass Castle” Jeannette Walls chronicles her life through stories of living with her family that refuses to live within the boundaries of what society deems normal or even acceptable. We see her catch on fire while cooking hotdogs alone as a toddler, be thrown from a moving vehicle, taught how to swim by being continuously dropped into a sulfer lake, go “demon hunting” in the desert, live in an abandoned depot, play hide-and-seek in. . .

This book is very good. From the beginning to the end we follow jeannette from her childhood all through out her life. It is a very interesting story and some of the things she had to go through were very terrible. If you like books that look more into peoples personal lives I would definitely read this one. The pov is first person and the author establishes this through telling the story through her own eyes at every point in her life

The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, is a memoir that portrays a dysfunctional family which consists of Jeannette, her siblings (Bryan, Lori, and later Maureen), her alcoholic father Rex, and her selfish mother Rose Mary. The siblings must learn to take care of themselves as a result of their care free parents. Jeannette writes about her rough childhood, families troubles, the family‘s search for home, and their journey to building the glass

The glass castle is a memoir about Jeannette walls and all the hardships she had to go through. With being neglected and mentally abused by her parents she tries to take on the world and all it is. She breaks through and takes charge into making her own decisions and follow her dreams.

The Glass Castle is a memoir by Jeannette Walls which showcases and discusses in the moment the adversities that she and her family face, both internally and externally. If you like books where the main character finally realizes the harsh reality they are in and does something about it (and succeeds), you will love The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls narrates the story of her traumatic childhood. As the story progresses, we see Jeannette growing -

This is the second half of my review on Glass Castle. This memoir is a must-read if you enjoy stories about resilience in the face of adversity and self-determination. In the story I left off with the family arriving in Welch. Life wasn't going to be any easier in Welch, and the children started to understand why Rex didn‘t want to return to his hometown. Jeannette struggled to make friends and took an interest in the school newspaper.

The Glass Castle Summary
Pages 155-288

In these next sections in Welch, we learnt that Jeannette and her family have finally found her own home in Welch instead of living with her Dads parents. We learn basically the house that they are living in is not really a house at all, it‘s basically shambles as the roof leaks when it rains, animals get in the house, there front steps are falling apart and so on. One of the incidents that happens in the

This half of the book is a whirlwind of emotions! The Wells family fell apart, and came back together (sort of) over the span of many years in tragic ways and shows that it is truly very hard to escape your past. This is the part of the book that gave the story behind the first scene of the book as well. This section shows the contrasts between the lives of each family member and highlights who thrived and who fell apart in the end of the story…

The glass castle is an adventurous,thought proving this is a memoir about how Jeannette walls life was.This memoir shows us what life should be like and why kids need to be taken care of while in there childhood.The second half of the book proves to us and reinforces the idea of child abuse. And that you are in control of your own life as you get older and there is always hope even if your childhood was not ideal.

“The Glass Castle” is a touching book about Jeannette Walls and her journey of childhood and almost unbelievable experiences. Jeannettes father is a heavy alcoholic which gets in the way of the entire family and her mother is a teacher that doesn‘t like to teach and would rather chase after her dream of being an artist than be an actual parent.

The Glass Castle was a very real life story that visualizes the life Jeannette Walls lived in poverty. If you like books that are realistic and easy to find connection within, you will like this book. The Glass Castle was written in first point of view (Jeannette‘s view) of her life growing up. Jeannette established this point of view by writing how she felt in situations, and showing us her perspective of the issues in her family.

At this point in the book, the family has just moved to Welch. Welch is where the father (Rex Walls) grew up and his family stills lives there. Welch is a hillbilly town full of judgemental people that our main character, Jeannette, feels like she does not belong in. Jeannette‘s distaste for not only Welch but the life that would follow if she stayed, sparks her motivation to get out and move to New York City.

The Glass Castle was a fantastic read, it dives in through the life of a girl and all the hardship and struggles she‘s had to experience and endure. We learn about her hard past and struggles though life with poverty. And how despite all of it she‘s been able to push through and make something of her life despite not having great influence. If you like books that are dreary but sweet this book would be a perfect match for you.

After reading the entire book my opinions have changed a little bit. I do like the book a bit more and I have more sympathy for the characters more specifically Rex. We start to see how Rex is trapped in his situation and how tragic it truly is. One scene that stuck out to me was the passage that described Rex getting put into the hospital and getting sober for a little. He got sober for a bit and made a life for himself but was dragged back down

The Glass Castle is a memoir about Jeannette Walls, a young girl who has been living in poverty throughout her entire childhood. During the rest of the book, Jeannette explores how her upbringing has impacted her, and shows how it‘s important to never let your rough past define your future. If you‘re a fan of books with themes of perseverance, abuse, alcoholism, and overcoming hardships, then this would be a good book for you.

“The Glass Castle” is a tragic memoir written by Jeannette Walls. In her memoir she leads us through the emotional journey of her life that touches on harsh topics of family drama, poverty, and non-conformance— and she addresses the resulting trauma of those reoccurring themes in her life. Throughout her life she moves to numerous different places, all in which she learns a new life lesson, and we see her lose her innocence more and more each time

The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls that tells us about her dysfunctional childhood and her traumatic upbringing. Throughout the book we learn about her chaotic family dynamics as we hear about her adventures to a variety of different places with different environments. Jeannette explores how poverty impacted her life, and the importance of perseverance in difficult and trying times. (part 1)

The Glass Castle is a striking journal of flexibility and recovery, and an impactful view at a family profoundly broken and remarkably lively. At the point when sober, Jeannette's splendid and magnetic dad taught his children' creative mind, showing them physical science, geography, and how to embrace life to the fullest without looking back.
If you like books that portray social issues you will find that the glass castle explores conditions of

In the amount I have read in this book so far, we have been learning about Jeannettes child hood. How she lived, where she lived, her family dynamics and how she interacts differently with each member of her family. If you like books that are memoirs you would like this one. One theme that is present in The Glass Castle is family poverty, we see this with where they live, how they live and how many times her father switches jobs

If you like books that have a child growing and pulling itself out of a bad upbringing as the child grows older, you‘re in luck, The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls in which she tells the story of her extremely traumatic childhood. We get to see her thought process during and after every event that occurs as well as how she deals with it as she grows with her family. A theme from the book is resilience, the Walls endures as-

The Glass Castle is a memoir by Jeanette Walls that focuses on her family (specifically her dad and mom), and her childhood “adventures“ so to speak. I'm this memoir, we see Jeannette and her siblings learn to take on the labors of their dysfunctional/irresponsible parents in order to chase their fathers dream of finding a Glass Castle.
If you love books that tap into the vivid imagery of a characters experiences, this book does more than suffice.

Glass Castle is an amazing autobiography of the writers life and all the hardships she has gone through to get to where she is now. Jeanette Walls had to undergo heaping piles of trauma that changed all of her thoughts on the word she lived in. Her parents are very free spirited and let her and her siblings pretty much do whatever they want, when Walls was three she accidentally lit herself on fire by cooking hotdogs by herself un supervised.

The Glass Castle is a memoir about the life of Jeannette Walls as she and her siblings struggle through poverty, intentionally living as the outcasts of society because of the ideals of non-conformity put into place by their negligent parents.

The Glass Castle is a very personal story. If you like being shown characters emotions and seeing the struggles they have encountered in their life firsthand then you should read this book. I would recommend this book because it is consistently interesting, and there are not very many “plain” parts in it.

In this book Jeanette Walls details stories from her past, living with parents who prefer a not so typical life style. Some of her stories include catching on fire while cooking hot dogs unsupervised as small child, as well as subsequently being broken out of the hospital, falling out the back of a moving car, got stuck in a burning shed, had a homeless man break into her family‘s house, was beat daily at school (one of the few times she (cont)

The Glass Castle is an autobiographical novel about the author, Jeannette Walls, and her impoverished childhood. The book follows the inconceivable events of her life which she re-tells in a detached and unbothered manner. We as the reader begin to understand how dysfunctional her life and family truly were, and how these traumatic events were interpreted through the innocent scope of a child.

The Glass Castle Summary
Pages 1-154, as that‘s all I‘ve read up to so far.

In the first section, A Women on the street, we see Jeannette all grown up going to attend a party, though when she sees her homeless Mother, she ducks down to hide from her. Later, she takes her Mom for dinner, and asks if she can help her in anyway, her Mom refused, and tells Jeannette her values are all confused.
(CONTINUED IN COMMENTS!)

If you enjoy reading unparalleled memoirs, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is the perfect book for you! In this novel we tag along on Jeannette‘s childhood adventures with her more than slightly dysfunctional family. Together, they travel all-over-the-map from the Arizona desert to the mountains of West Virginia, and everywhere in between.

The glass castle is a real story told by Jeanette walls about her life, throughout the Book we see how Jeanette and her family navigate through life and all the adventures her and her family go through, including how her alcoholic dad and her semi-normal mom have to take her and her siblings to many towns, cities and places so they can avoid paying taxes fees of any sort.Your will like this book if you like adventure,adversity and determination.

The Glass Castle is an autobiographical novel about the author, Jeannette Walls, and her less-than-perfect childhood. The book follows the unbelievable events of Jeannette's life as she re-tells with the same cadence as one would read off a grocery list, while we as the reader slowly understand how dysfunctional her life and family truly were, and how such traumatic events were interpreted through her eyes as a child.

The Glass Castle is a story about the author, Jeannette Walls, and her dysfunctional family. This book book dives deep into the absurd stories that Jeannette has about moving from place to place and living in poverty. Jeannette‘s father is a heavy drinker and always seems to be able to turn things bad. If you like books that make you feel likely you have been punched in the feelings this book is for you.

“The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls is a tragic memoir that follows the life of her and her family. Through Jeanette‘s eyes, readers begin to see the amount of dysfunction that she has endured throughout her childhood, which will later translate into her adult life. The Walls family is far from a “traditional” family, and we can see this through the amount of times that they have moved, how they treat each other, and how they perceive the outside

So far I am loving this book!! I have only read up to page 145 where they are in the midst of there stay in Welch with Rex‘s parents. Things seem a little weird at this point of the book, seeing as his parents are a little whacko. The dynamic Jeanette seems to be forming with Erma (Rex‘s mom) is strange. You would expect a grandmother to be happy seeing her grandkids… but I guess that‘s not the case. Overall i‘m excited to see what comes next!

The Glass Castle follows the life of the Walls family. Told through one of the daughter‘s (Jeannette) POV, we see this dysfunctional but loving family live in many different places and the events that happened in these places. So far we have seen them live in Tucson, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Midland, Blythe, Battle Mountain, Phoenix and mostly recently Welch.

The novel titled “The Glass Castle” is a memoir written by Jeanette Walls where she tells readers the struggles of her childhood all the way up to her adulthood. During her childhood, she tells readers about her dysfunctional family and neglectful parents with a mother who could care less about her children, and a father with all these extravagant stories. (part 1)

The book “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls is a memoir into the life of Jeanette as a child. It follows her and her family very close consisting of the father, mother and Jeanettes 3 siblings. It is a moving tail about moving through hardship and never giving up no matter what happens to you. If you like books that motivate you to stop feeling sorry for yourself or a good story that is based on real events of the author you would enjoy this.

The Glass Castle is the frightening story of Jeannette Wall's life experiencing childhood in destitution with rebellious guardians. Jeannette and her siblings were in many cases left to fight for themselves as their parents participated in alcoholic gorges or trips. The children hated their parents disregard and became systematically used to moving far away.

If you like books that contain adventure through tribulation, The Walls family travels

A theme we see a great deal is strength and perseverance, a example where we can see this is when Jeannette‘s father throws her into the water despite her almost drowning, struggles makes you unique, you either sink or swim. If you like books that make you feel empathy for character this is a great choice. The book is about Jeannette and her family and everything they have gone through, she tells us about her experiences.

I had to take a break from this audio after about 7-8 hrs because it was making me angry. I think I‘m just skeptical with the severe neglect-to-riches memoir.
1) I know Appalachia has poverty but how did no one do something about the family?
2) I had questions that weren‘t answered—most of the book was spent on minutiae of life until 10 so doesn‘t answer when Walls saw her parents differently or how they learned to navigate NYC life. 👇

A book that shows, even with a rough beginning in life YOU have the power to change your quality of life.

I‘ll need some time to recover from this read. Human resiliency is nothing short of amazing. 🖤