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The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

Start date: September 1, 2017

Finish date: September 30, 2017

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Jul 15, 2015 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ rated it it was amazing

Incredible, darkly compelling read. Cringeworthy moments of childhood on the edge. People can definitely be forced to survive through a lot more than one would think possible.
And here it goes once again... Parenting should be a licenced occupation so that no ~~patently idiotic~~ couples would torture their children with stupidity, negligence and overlooking their basic needs. Yes, I know - a vastly exploited line for a dystopic society would follow shortly since such order of things would proba ...more

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Dec 13, 2022 Marla Thrall rated it it was amazing

Oh my goodness… I have found the perfect audiobook for anyone questioning their own parenting abilities! Ha.

I can’t even count the number of times I was tempted to google- “is The Glass Castle real?” This book is a WILD memoir of a women who survived a deeply dysfunctional family. Jeannette’s father was brilliant and charismatic while sober, but angry and dishonest when he was drunk— which was most of the time. Her mother, a free spirit, abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the resp ...more

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