Book 52: The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls's memior is a bestseller for good reason. It's an incredible book!



She and her siblings had irresponsible, selfish, childish parents who never succeeded at providing for them. The parents were also highly intelligent, creative people, and managed to pass those traits along to the kids. Three out of four of the kids were able to thrive, once they left West Virginia for New York City.

Walls describes her harrowing childhood without any self-pity. It's not really a sad book, though if most people had told it, it would have been. Also, it's obvious that the parents really loved their kids, and the kids loved the parents and tried to believe their excuses and rationalizations.

Highly recommended.