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The Glass Castle is a 2005 memoir by American author Jeannette Walls. Walls recounts her dysfunctional and nomadic yet vibrant upbringing, emphasizing her resilience and her father's attempts toward redemption.
- Jeannette Walls
- 2005
A short summary of Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Glass Castle.
- Jeffrey Somers
- It’s One of the Most Disturbing True Stories You’ll Read. One of the great achievements of "The Glass Castle" is the way Walls uses simple, beautiful language to describe a childhood so terrible you should finish the book shaking with anger—but instead, you’re moved.
- Calling Rose Mary a Villain Is Too Easy. While Rex was a charming alcoholic who was the architect of much of the family’s misery, he's also depicted as a man who clearly loved his children—even if he was completed unqualified to raise them.
- In Spite of Everything, Walls Loved Her Parents. Walls was understandably angry with her parents for a long time. She freely admits to knowing they were homeless and then squatting in New York City while she was earning a good living as a gossip columnist and writer.
- Desperate Times. One of the most remarkable aspects of Walls’ childhood is her ability to solve problems creatively—a necessary skill when both of your parents are more or less useless in the role of, you know, parenting.
The Glass Castle is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Cretton, Andrew Lanham, and Marti Noxon. It is based on Jeannette Walls' 2005 best-selling memoir of the same name.
Jan 1, 2005 · 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.
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With Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson. A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.
The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls, first published in 2005. The memoir recounts Walls’s unconventional and often tumultuous childhood, growing up in a family that struggled with poverty, instability, and unconventional parenting.
