The Glass Castle question

Half broke horses by Jeanette Walls. It's about her mother

"The Language of Flowers" by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

something outside of that sub-genre of screwed up families. Clean your pallet

I would recommend King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels. It is an excellent book. This is also an excellent audio book.

You should definitely read A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. An awesome book, but one that will leave you in tears.

The Power of One.

I'd recommend "The Imperfectionists" by Tom Rachman or "The Space Between Us" by Thrity Umrigar

Canada by Richard Ford
Thought provoking, poignant, beautiful reading.

I would recommend the "Stitches" by David Small. It is an odd book for a variety of reasons. One, it is an autobiographical graphic novel. This really makes the characters vivid, and quite real. As an added bonus, the dialogue is very well-written, dark, and humorous.

If you enjoyed The Glass Castle, this will be perfect for you.

If you're up for the same kind of book, read "Jesus Land", a memoir by Julia Scheeres.

"Half Broke Horses", definitely. It's about walls grandmother and it will help u understand why her parents acted the way they did. After I read it, I went back and read the Glass Castle.

Amara wrote: "I recently finished The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. What should I read next?"

I've read the memoir, After Long Silence by Helen Freemont three times because it's a very captivating story with incredible twists.

Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt

"Angela's Ashes", "Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha" and "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" all have similar subjects of interesting and bit sad childhoods.

I'm not sure you gave us enough information to know what you would prefer. Do you like autobiographies and memoirs? Are you on a jag where you want to read true stories of abusive or dysfunctional families? More stories of women who have beaten the odds and made something of themselves despite everything that has happened to them? Or do you want to crawl away from the dysfunction and horror for awhile, in which case, do you still want memoirs/autobiographies, or do you want to venture into some fiction, or some other type of nonfiction?

Sorry to respond so long after your initial posting; this just showed up on my home page today.

Anything by Mary Karr...The Liar's Club, Cherry or Lit

"Don't stand too close to the falls" by Catherine Gildiner. Also something good of the same vein "Change me into Zeus's Daughter" by Barbara Robinette Moss. This is very similar book.

Have you read The Cross and the Switchblade? It's an excellent memoir about overcoming the odds as is The Glass Castle. Also, Maureen mentioned Jesus Land which is also very interesting. I know you sent this out quite a while ago, but it showed up on my page today, and I like recommending books!

Almonds and Raisins https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...


Little Bee
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

and
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

A tree grows in Brooklyn. It is one of Jeannette Walls favorite books (she mentions it in The Glass Castle), and is an American classic.

Another good memoir is "A stolen life", it's about jaycee dugard.

Half broke horses by Jeanette Walls. It's a true-life novel of Walls' maternal grandmother, Lily Casey Smith.

The author's third installment of published books "The Silver Star" is now available as well.

I'd recommend You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know . On top of having a tumultuous childhood, the author had to deal with having a condition known as "face blindness." You can read my review of it here.

Another good memoir is The Tender Bar.

Walls's 'Half Broke Horses'

House Rules: A Memoir by Rachel Sontag

The Glass Castle was great! I think you should type in her name on Google or something and find books by her. "Half Broke Horses" is really good, too. I read it.

I teach this book in a class called _Contemporary Issues_ and the students who like this book also read (and some enjoy) _Long Way Gone_, _The Lovely Bones_, _Ellen Foster_, and _The Kite Runner_.

A Tree Grows in Brooklin

I Know This Much Is True

"Liars Club" by Mary Karr.

The Silver Star. The last one in the series.#1 Half Broke Horses #2 The Glass Castle and then #3 The
Silver Star. I loved them all

Half broke horses. Awesome book if you like strong women.

Augusten Burroughs - Running with Scissors

East of Eden ..John Steinbeck

Read "The Silver Star".

Half Broke Horses