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A review by sandro_reads
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
The Glass Castle is the memoir of Jeanette Walls who somehow managed to survive her unconventional (to say the least) upbringing to become a gossip columnist in New York City.
Walls’ matter-of-fact prose does not overly sensationalize the narrative to garner pity. Rather, it examines the complexity of family dynamics and the human capacity for love even in the face of neglect, alcoholism and more.
Walls’ matter-of-fact prose does not overly sensationalize the narrative to garner pity. Rather, it examines the complexity of family dynamics and the human capacity for love even in the face of neglect, alcoholism and more.