The Glass Castle, 9780743247542
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Dysfunctional family, remarkable resilience, astonishing love, improbable success, ultimate redemption.

The Glass Castle

a memoir

$45.38

  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    17 January 2006

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Summary

The Glass Castle: A Memoir of Resilience and Redemption

THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER–FROM THE AUTHOR OF *HANG THE MOON*

The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers.

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctiona…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780743247542
ISBN-10:074324754X
Author:Jeannette Walls
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:17 January 2006
Weight:272g
Dimensions:201mm x 132mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Walls has joined the company of writers such as Mary Karr and Frank McCourt who have been able to transform their sad memories into fine art.”–People

“The Glass Castle is the kind of story that keeps you awake long after the rest of the house has fallen asleep.”– “Vogue”“Some people are born storytellers. Some lives are worth telling. The best memoirs happen when these two conditions converge. In The Glass Castle, they have.”– “New York Newsday”“Walls has a God-given knack for spinning a yarn, and The Glass Castle is nothing short of spectacular.”– “Entertainment Weekly”

About The Author

Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, has been a New York Times bestseller for more than eight years. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses, which was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.

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