The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

This paperback is in good used condition. The Glass Castle is a memoir by American author Jeannette Walls. Published in 2005, the book chronicles Walls's unconventional and poverty-stricken childhood with her dysfunctional parents, Rex and Rose Mary Walls, who were a charismatic, yet alcoholic father and a free-spirited, non-conformist artist mother. The memoir recounts the family's nomadic life across the American Southwest, often living in squalid conditions and facing homelessness, before eventually settling in her father's hometown of Welch, West Virginia. Walls and her siblings learned to take care of themselves, supporting one another to survive despite their parents' neglect. The book has been praised for its matter-of-fact tone and lack of self-pity, and it is a story of resilience, redemption, and love within a complicated family. The Glass Castle has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for years. A film adaptation of the book was released in 2017. Happy Reading!