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The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

Start date: November 1, 2019

Finish date: November 30, 2019

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Nov 20, 2013 Laura • lauralovestoread rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

I can't express how much I loved The glass Castle!! From the first page of this book, I loved the way Jeanette Walls wrote! Her life as a child seemed to jump off the pages and my heart hurt for her. In some ways I can see how her "adventures" growing up were fun, but I also see how hard life really must've been! I'm curious as to how her family is doing now. It's amazing to see how her family stuck together in the worst conditions and they made it out okay. ...more

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Dec 13, 2018 Chloe (Always Booked) rated it liked it

Shelves: non-fiction-and-memoirs

This book was interesting and sad and not something that I will probably reread. Reading her life story made me appreciate many things in my own life and it broke my heart to imagine kids living the way they did. Jeannette's mom and dad both had many struggles, not least of which included keeping a job and managing their own vices (sugar and alcohol, respectively) in order to provide for their family. The kids went hungry and had to dumpster dive repeatedly. Even when Jeannette was in high schoo ...more

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Jun 09, 2013 Mom2triplets04 rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own-read, non-fiction, tbr-2016, 2016-rock-my-tbr, one-sitting

4.5 Stars

I don't normally read memoirs but this book was picked by friends and family to read for 2016. It's a true story about the author. It was heartbreaking to read. Her parents treated her so badly but she still managed to have a successful life. Some of the stories were so outrageous I found myself saying really that happened. Now, I want to read her other book about her grandmother. ...more

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Feb 20, 2018 randomreader added it

I feel weird rating or criticizing someone’s memoir/life story, so just know that I really enjoyed this.
The way she told her story was very engaging and it kept me interested. I did think it was a tad hard to believe that she would have such early childhood memories, but who am I to really judge that?
I would recommend this if you’re looking for some good non-fiction and if you enjoy a well-told story.

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Jun 20, 2017 Elisa (Paperbits) Cullen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 6-2017-june-rrrc-challenge

So many thoughts on this book, the resiliency of the author and her siblings throughout their young life is remarkable. How they made it through a childhood like they experienced unbelievable!

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