Jeannette Walls
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Phoenix, Arizona, The United States
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Biographies & Memoirs
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Jeannette Walls is a writer and journalist. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated with honors from Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia University. She published a bestselling memoir, The Glass Castle, in 2005. The book is being made into a film by Paramount.
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls avg rating 4.13 — 58,883 ratings — published 2005 29 editions |
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Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls avg rating 3.91 — 352 ratings — published 2009 6 editions |
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Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip by Jeannette Walls avg rating 3.42 — 36 ratings — published 1000 6 editions |
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Insekten und Spinnen by Jeannette Walls avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1980 |
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Schloss aus Glas by Jeannette Walls avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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Jeannette Walls at Books A Million
Author appearance, January 14, 2010 04:00PM
Books A Million, Nashville, TN, The United States
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Author appearance, January 14, 2010 04:00PM
Books A Million, Nashville, TN, The United States
Get more on Jeannette Walls at SimonandSchuster.com
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Jeannette Walls at Literacy Partners Lunch
Author appearance, January 26, 2010 09:00PM
Literacy Partners Lunch, New York, NY, The United States
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Author appearance, January 26, 2010 09:00PM
Literacy Partners Lunch, New York, NY, The United States
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"Things usually work out in the end."
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet."
— Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle: A Memoir)
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet."
— Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle: A Memoir)
"One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.""
— Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle: A Memoir)
— Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle: A Memoir)
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"....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me."
— Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle: A Memoir)
— Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle: A Memoir)
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