So I was reading "The Glass Castle" and I came upon a passage in which the author talks about her name. And I realized that I have spelled her name wrong on the last two posts!! It is Jeannette Walls, with 2 N's, not one. Her mother added that extra N because it made the name Jeanette sound fancier.
This book has a fabulous ending. Although it is quite sad, it is very fitting and describes the whole book and Jeannette's life extremely well. Jeannette Walls is an amazing storyteller, something she learned from her father. It was one of his brilliant traits. She tells everything with such great detail and feeling, that you are experiencing everything with her. You can feel her discomfort and happiness, hear her mother's laughter and her father's jokes, smell the garbage pit and taste the giant Sweettarts. "The Glass Castle" is an amazing story that gives you a view of life not normally written or thought about.
This book is very hard to write about. I am not sure how to describe their family without giving examples. The Walls are people you cannot simply pinpoint to some words. You have to experience with them, then you can begin to understand their ways of thinking and view of the world. And that is why you should read "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls. (I can't wait to read the book about her mother, "Half Broke Horses"!)
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