A Goodreads user asked this question about The Glass Castle:
why is it named a glass castle anyways? it doesnt have anything to do with the book! now i get what the saying "dont judge a book by its cover" means!
Claudia Maher Glass is quite fragile and easily broken. Her father and mother were responsible for giving her a home and some sort of life of security and stability…moreGlass is quite fragile and easily broken. Her father and mother were responsible for giving her a home and some sort of life of security and stability. They did neither. Her castle (home) therefore, and her security and stability that any child has a hope to expect, were as fragile and impossible, given her circumstances, as a glass castle, (less)
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by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author)
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