The Glass Castle is a Can't-put-down memior by Jeanette Walls. In it, Walls chronicles her and her siblings childhood with their restless, alcoholic father and depressed, unmaternal mother. It is a story that often seems too crazy to be true, and I could not tear myself away.
As the family moves from place to place (often in the middle of the night) and her parents become more and more mentally ill, Walls amazingly does not portray her parents as villians. They are her family and her memior portrays the complicated feelings of anger, frustration, and love that one feels toward a troubled family member.
This is a great quick read for all those bloggers out there pushing to 50!
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