Jeannette Walls - The Glass Castle: A Memoir

The Bottom Line: The Glass Castle: A Memoir is an amazing book and I will never, ever forget Jeanette Walls' story.

Review: I just finished reading The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls and I have to say, I am overwrought with emotion and absolutely floored by the book. The Glass Castle is Walls' memoir, and she shares her life story, which is truly fascinating. Walls grew...

The Bottom Line: The story is incredible.It makes you appreciate hardships others must live through. You will be captivated until the end.I could not put this book down!

Review: This memoir opens with,"I WAS SITTING IN a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster." WHAT AN OPENING! If that does not get your attention nothing will.

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This book will pull every emotion right out of you. Through Jeannette Walls outstandingly vivid detail you'll get pulled right into the book.

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The Glass Castle; a Fascinating Memoir

The Glass Castle is wonderfully written memoir by author Jeannette Walls. Jeannette has vividly recollected her memories to share with the worlds through the New York Times bestselling book. Her...

Review: The author's transparent depiction of her empoverished life, led by head strong, vagabond parents, was engaging from beginning to end. A well-written and compassionate tale filled with emotion and dreams, that seemed to be the driving force that...

The Bottom Line: Jeannette Walls has apparently graduated with honors from the school of hard knocks.

Review: I love a good memoir, especially when it involves dysfunctional families. On a recent Amazon.com shopping spree, I came across Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle, her 2005 memoir about her dysfunctional family. I had not heard of this book before I...

The Bottom Line: The Glass Castle is definitely worth reading. I wonder how much of the story is embellished but, at the end of the day, it's a fascinating book.

Review: I received this book several months ago as part of a present. For some reason the back cover information just didn't generate any interest to make me start reading. The Glass Castle sat in a basket collecting dust for a long time... and then I ran...

The Bottom Line: Don't miss Jeannette Walls's compelling memoir of growing up on the edge of homelessness.

Review: Here's a sad observation: if prospective parents had to pass a qualifying test before having children, as they now must do before getting a driver's license, there'd be a lot more childless people among us. In one specific case I can think of, the...

The Bottom Line: I borrowed this from the library and now I need to get a copy for my collection. It's that good.

Review: Jeannette Walls sees a homeless lady rooting through a dumpster in New York City and is horrified to realize that it's her mother.

And so begins Walls' memoir, The Glass Castle --- a look back on a childhood and life that she used to be...

Review: This book was one of the best I read recently. An easy read that I could not put down nor contain myself from (frequently) sharing excerpts with others. (My husband read it after me and couldn't put it down either.)

This is a very...