This is a true american survival story of a couple who risked their children's lives by forcing them into a foolhardy gypsy existence. The book explores the complexities of family relationships and how they can be both challenging and rewarding.

The glass castle is the memoir of jeannette walls, who grew up in a deeply dysfunctional and yet equally spirited and loyal family. Jeannette is an amazing storyteller. She definitely exemplifies that guts and determination can build that glass castle...  Read More

She loves her father, but his alcohol addiction is devastating to their lives. The three oldest manage to go to new york and become successful.

It is fascinating, harrowing, and often hilarious, while making you realize how easily one's background can be so devastatingly different that it must be hidden. Loved it. Amp; wasn’t disappointed.

The sonoran is not the northern basin-range. The pages are all messed up and out of order. Then once you hit pg 116 for the second time it jumps to pg 149.

This book can not be read by me. The insanity and dysfunction depicted is not very uplifting. I wound up reading this book out of order because really looking for the big reveal that changed her life, instead of chapter after chapter of recounted * an...  Read More