The story itself is great however the book is poorly made. The cover and every page is crooked. I've had to read up and down hills. The cover is really shoddy. Really poor quality control to allow this book out of the factory.
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The story itself is great however the book is poorly made. The cover and every page is crooked. I've had to read up and down hills. The cover is really shoddy. Really poor quality control to allow this book out of the factory.
Amazing journey of 4 kids, with crazy parents, alcoholic father, artist mother and how they lived a life of poverty moving from one point to another and never really getting anywhere fast! Courageous writer with short pithy accounts of crazy life.
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn't stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an "excitement addict." Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever.
Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town -- and the family -- Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents' betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home.
What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
Remarkable for its lack of both sentimentality and anger, The Glass Castle is a striking testament to the power of human determination. It will long resonate in the minds of all who read it.
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