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.

This memoir will definitely make you grateful for your family and especially your parents, no matter how crazy you think they are. It was an eye opener to the poverty that actually exists in America, and to how REAL small town life is. I strongly recommend this book for those that need either a reality check, or for those who need to learn to be grateful for what they have. This book tells some amazing stories about how a little girl and her siblings grow up against literally ALL odds and make something of themselves.

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars

Recommended to me by: LuAnn