Glass castle : a memoir by Walls, Jeannette 

Paperback(Scribner, 2009)

BTSB #: 917525 Available

Dewey: 362.292/AAges: 12-18   


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Subjects: Walls, Jeannette Children of alcoholics - United States - Biography Children of alcoholics - West Virginia - Welch - Biography Dysfunctional families - United States - Case studies Dysfunctional families - West Virginia - Welch - Case studies Poor - West Virginia - Welch - Biography Homeless persons - Family relationships - New York (State) - New York

Summary: 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. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.