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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
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Description for The Glass Castle
Paperback. Walls has carved a story with precision and grace out of one of the most chaotic, heart-breaking childhoods.. This deeply affecting memoir is a triumph in every possible way, and it does what all good books should: it affirms our faith in the human spirit.' - Dani Shapiro Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD
'Tragic and comic at the same time... an outrageous story, one that will break your heart' Sunday Independent
'A terrific story, grippingly told' Sunday Times
'I read The Glass Castle straight through in an evening, wearing an expression of slack-jawed amazement' Spectator
While Jeannette Walls was living on Park Avenue, covering the Academy Awards and attending black-tie parties at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, her parents were squatting in an abandoned building on the Lower East Side.
Rex Walls, her father, was an ingenious ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844081820
SKU
V9781844081820
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About Jeannette Walls
Jeannette Walls graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, was a New York Times bestseller for more than eight years. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor. ... Read more
Reviews for The Glass Castle
Tragic and comic at the same time... an outrageous story, one that will break your heart
Sunday Independent
A terrific story, grippingly told
Sunday Times
Like J.D. Salinger or Hemingway before her, Jeannette Walls has the talent of knowing exactly how to let a story tell itself
Sunday Independent
'I read The Glass Castle ... Read more
Sunday Independent
A terrific story, grippingly told
Sunday Times
Like J.D. Salinger or Hemingway before her, Jeannette Walls has the talent of knowing exactly how to let a story tell itself
Sunday Independent
'I read The Glass Castle ... Read more