Right now I'm reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. From the back of the book:
"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 a peculiar, but loyal family. Jeannette Walls has a story
to tell, and tells it brilliantly, without an ounce of self-pity."
Such a great book. Sad and touching. I'm actually reading it for the second time. I can't wait to read her other books.
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