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An edition of The Glass Castle (2005)

The glass castle

a memoir

by

  • ★★★★ 4.4 (45 ratings) ·
  • 455 Want to read
  • 24 Currently reading
  • 90 Have read

In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family. The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.

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Poor, Problem families, Dysfunctional families, Homeless persons, Case studies, New York Times bestseller, Family relationships, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2007-03-03, Biography, Children of alcoholics, Extraterrestrial beings, Science fiction, Survival, War, Fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Child of Impaired Parents, Family Relations, Large type books, West virginia, biography, Rural poor, Poor, united states, Journalists, biography, New York Times reviewed, nyt:e-book-nonfiction=2011-02-13, Casos de estudio, Biografi a., Hijos de padres alcoho licos, Desamparados, Pobres, Familias problema ticas, Relaciones familiares, Familias problemáticas, Hijos de padres alcohólicos, Personas sin hogar, Biografía, Childhood and youth, Women journalists, Pobreza, Families, Hijos de alcohólicos, Familias, Poverty, Relaciones de familia, Problemas familiares, Biographies, Enfance et jeunesse, Famille, Enfants d'alcooliques, Familles inadaptées, Cas, Études de, Pauvres, Sans-abri, Relations familiales, Enfant d'alcoolique, Famille dysfonctionnelle, Itinérance, Jeunesse (Biographie), Pauvreté, Biographie, Enfant de parents alcooliques, Document, collectionID:EanesChallenge, collectionID:ConroeChallenge, Adult Children, Personal Narratives, Alcoholism, collectionID:bannedbooks, Walls, jeannette, Children of alcoholics--united states--biography, Children of alcoholics--west virginia--welch--biography, Dysfunctional families--united states--case studies, Dysfunctional families--west virginia--welch--case studies, Poor--west virginia--welch--biography, Homeless persons--family relationships, Homeless persons--new york (state)--new york--family relationships, Homeless persons--family relationships--new york (state)--new york, Hv5132 .w35 2005, Ws 105.5.f2 w215g 2005, 362.82/092 b, Social work & human services, General & miscellaneous biography, United states studies, Family memoirs - biography, Public affairs & policies, Patient narratives, Social problems

People

Jeannette Walls, Rose Mary Walls, Rex Walls, Brian Walls, Lori Walls, Maureen Walls, Jeannette Walls (1960-)

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Welch, West Virginia, United States, New York (State), New York, Nueva York, Nueva York (Estado), Estados Unidos, États-Unis, Virginie-Occidentale, New York (État)

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Genre
Biography., Case studies.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.82/092, B
Library of Congress
HV5132 .W35 2005, HV5132 .W35 2006

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Format
Hardback
Pagination
288 p. ;
Number of pages
288

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OL3309881M
ISBN 10
0743247531
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2004058907
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56590629, 65210928
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7903
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OL46760W

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A story about the early life of Jeannette Walls. The memoir is an exposing work about her early life and growing up on the run and often homeless. It presents a different perspective of life from all over the United States and the struggle a girl had to find normalcy as she grew into an adult.

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