The glass castle: a memoir. [kit]
The glass castle: a memoir. [kit]
By
:
Walls, Jeannette.
Publication Date
:
2005
Physical Description
:
Books : + 1 discussion question booklet + 1 biographical booklet.
Subject Term
:
Children of alcoholics -- United States -- Biography.
Children of alcoholics -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Biography.
Problem families -- United States -- Case studies.
Problem families -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Case studies.
Poor -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Biography.
Homeless persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Family relationships.
Series
:
BOOKCLUB KIT
BOOKCLUB KIT.
Summary
:
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. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
Audience
:
For bookclub participants.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780743247542
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Bookclub Kit | Bookclub Kit | B W15 | (4 Copies) | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Bookclub Kit | Bookclub Kit | B W15 | (10 copies) | Checked out |