' The Glass Castle is the kind of story that keeps you awake long after the rest of the house has fallen asleep.'-Vogue In The Glass Castle, they have.'-New York Newsday The best memoirs happen when these two conditions converge. 'Charles Dickens's scenes of poverty and hardship are no more audacious and no more provocative than those in the pages of this stunning memoir.'-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 'On the eighth day, when God was handing out whining privileges, he came upon Jeannette Walls and said, 'For you, an unlimited lifetime supply.' Apparently, Walls declined His kind offer.'-Chicago Tribune That Walls recounts them so well and in such detail is our good fortune.'-The Plain Dealer 'Each memory is more incredible than the last. 'Walls has a God-given knack for spinning a yarn, and The Glass Castle is nothing short of spectacular.'-Entertainment Weekly 'Walls has joined the company of writers such as Mary Karr and Frank McCourt who have been able to transform their sad memories into fine art.'-People The memoir was also made into a major motion picture from Lionsgate in 2017 starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing-a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, 'nothing short of spectacular' ( Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world's most gifted storytellers. Description THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON

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