false 7445 074324754X 9780743247542 61174 12011 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165613865m/7445.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7445.The_Glass_Castle 3275 Jeannette Walls 65209 13337 2 0 false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 09:32:32 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:05:57 -0800 2009
This is what I originally wrote, and unfortunately, I did not change my mind. The book was exceptionally well written but it's hard to see the value. Also, there were some glaring inconsistencies (Mom and Dad never had a telephone, they wind up homeless on the streets of New York City, then become squatters in an abandoned building and THEN they have a telephone??? Or did the author mean when she said she called them that she lifted one of her apartment windows and screamed down Park Avenue? Come on now.) I'm not saying the author embellished, or lied. I don't know if she embellished, or lied. I just know there were inconsistencies, and this was a DEPRESSING story. ]]>