AMAZING book...........AMAZING story........AMAZING life. I'm so proud of you for "pulling yourself up by your boot straps". I can never look at Venus the same way. Three cheers Jeannette.
I'm in the process of doing book videos for my own books, I found this one. You did a great job, hope to meet you and possibly work with you in the future. I admire you.
CBS needs to know that the volume on this video is substandard. Would have loved to have heard what Jeannette had to say, but the volume, even turned up full blast, was too low.
I read the book last week and was deeply impressed. I'm working mit people who suffer from alcohol dependency and also often talk to their - sometimes adult - children. What I recognize is that they rarely talk about their own feelings, it seems to be a kind of shelter to get through these intensive feelings. This is what I see here as well. Only a very little part of despair, anger, fear is apparent in the book. I always feel with the children of alcohol dependent people, but also with them.
The two parts that I almost cried is when Jeannette's departure for New York with her dad seeing her off, and when she left her parent's apartment after her dad told her that he was going to die. Man, nothing more powerful than this story.
I'm reading the book right now, I think there is definitely a component of mental illness with both the parents. They are what they are, but flawed as they were, they did the best they could as parents. You could revile them as monsters - they were both monumentally selfish - but they did love their kids.
this was an incredible book. although, half the book her parents turned on her, it was an awesome adventure traveling to all of these little known places, and hearing about how she chased out rapists with an axe at one part
I'm sorry but her mother and father were beasts. Her mother was a crazy, selfish c#nt and her father was a lying cheating, thieving, piece of sh*t . Hope "grandma" erma and uncle stanley are rotting in hell!!
Congrats to the Walls siblings on their success and survival.
I thoroughly enjoyed Jennette's story.....I cried as I read...I felt Rex Walls was a cruel father..........I'm from nomadic family....maybe that's why I like it so much...you are a hard act to follow Jeannette !!!..
@107rocker No that's pathetic, this book is completely real. She's 50 for god's sake, we should be glad she remembered so many things!!!! The books is real and amazing!
Imagine how many people have walked and passed by this lady and not even known all the things she's been through her life?? That old lady walking around New York has been in Arizona, Nevada, California, West Virginia, everywhere and been through everything, even hanging from a window. I am not a book person, but im blown away by this story. I wish so bad I could contact Jeannette and tell her I admire her!!! Great book, the end was sad though...
@107rocker dude I know right. I am so caught on this book, it's absolutely crazy. I'm so mad I couldnt finish reading it because I have test on it tomorrow so I had to read the book summaries online, but still I cant believe that all that happened in this book happend foreal. This is by far the best book ive ever read, I got so sad when I read Rex died, I felt like I knew Rex in real life. I wish I could contact Jeannette and tell her how fascinated I am by her book, It's an incredible story!!!!
sup @CBS, I'm practicing to expand my vertical leap by performing the workout system that's over from (50-inch-vertical[dot]com) - and right now gained past 11 inches so far nevertheless I am even now a little off from jumping high enough to dunk on the rim. It's really my 2nd week so far, any type of guidelines?
This memoir was like an accident that was difficult to turn away from...if ever I met this woman, I would like to give her a hug. That's all I can say...
Great book! Couldn't put it down. Never once did I get the impression that Jeannette felt sorry for herself. I love her spirit and her love for family.
I am about half way through this book and i feel like i am reading my own memoir. I too had the alcoholic Father full of dreams and we were always on some adventure living in an old school bus made into a home for 6 children and mother and father. Jeannette Thank you for writting this book. I do not feel like a freek now because of this book. God bless you and your Family no matter how dysfuctional it was. Much respect for you.
I finished this book in about 8 hours of straight reading. It's that good. it sometimes makes you happy, then makes you furious, and then instantly lets you down.
@DudeKarKey I know, knowing that Rex died was such a let down..... I bonded so much with the book I felt as though I knew Rex and I was so sad. This book is absolutly incredible.
this was my first memoir i ever read and it was amazing. Even though Rex Walls was a huge part of the dysfunctions of the family he had a good soul and tried to keep the family together like gluing a brick building but it collapsed. The glass castle represents her build up in confidence and hope, everytime she is firm and confident the castle is mentioned but when she is not confidence like when dad asked her for money the castle is not being built. she built her own glass castle mentally.
This book is an example of how to make lemonade out of lemons. The parents & the situation were dysfunctional. No doubt. We can replicate our past or learn from it. I am sure it is/was not easy for any of the people in this family to live in their own skin. It takes a LOT of inner strength to grow and accept that our parents did the best THEY could, even though it was not the best thing for us. I lived this kind of life & never wanna again. Thanks for sharing your story. I feel less alone.
How can you hate people who are clearly mentally ill (Both parents) and delusional?
The children should have been removed from their parents. But instead every adult that came into their lives turned their heads and let the children continue to live (survive, actually) in their environment. Everyone who walked away from these kids let them down.
All this being said, the kids learned to survive and became better and stronger people because of it. How do you make sense of such things?
@kisa154 I know I was schoked. She looks like a beautiful woman in the book with her dress and everything, who in the world would imagine that this old lady walking around new york is the same person.... this book is incredible!
I can't stand her mother after reading her book. She made so many incredibly stupid mistakes, and from what I've heard, has never taken responsibility for them.
when i read the book, i was sooooooo upset at jeannette's mom, i thought i'd stop reading, but i picked it up again after 2 weeks. yet now, i can't take in that this woman is just like any other old mom
@MrGrevy You are so depressed with your life, aren't you? I can easily tell that you have some form of a metal problem. Or maybe no one to talk to. Get bullied by peers or Co-Workers. Vent your anger at other people. Pretty sad and despicable if you ask me..
@mark9241 Looks like you've failed again! I'm not the least bit depressed, no mental health issues, and I'm not bullied by anyone. On the contrary I have a great family and a fun social life. I LOVE how turds like you assume that someone has to be fucked up in some way if they dare to disagree with you. Such irony.
She came to give a lecture at my college, and I thought it was really cute how she would slip up sometimes and begin speaking in a Southern accent. Love her story. :)
@MrGrevy Ah, no I never said that. I'm from the south myself and my college is one of the best...just saying. I just thought it was cute how her accent changed depending on what she was talking about. That is all, kind sir.
I just finished the book and although i think its great she adapted and survived her parents upbringing i cant help but think how many people are arrested and thrown in jail for abusing kids so badly and i guess shes saying it doesnt matter how crappy your folks are you can still make it in this world, it really doesnt amtter if you give a shit about your kids and im taling actions not words.
I'm reading this book right now and looking at this video, I can not bear to finish it. Is she glorifying her mother for her lack of responsibility and abusive, neglectful behavior? Consistently through out the book, there are few epiphanies but more or less, moments where I realize (as the reader) how misleading all these events are when Walls makes up excuses for her horrendous parents.
@haylie230 It's her parents , they have a huge heart they tried to improve for her. they love her, yes they make odd choices but that's what impacts you so much.
Hahaha, I come from a family that is also vibrant and dysfunctional, and I really, really feel this book. It's amazing and full of life and something I can relate to. Believe it or not, I am jealous of her father and the fact she had a father to support her, even if he wasn't the best. He never quit or walked out on his children like my dad, and for that I give kudos to him.
i found this book really interesting and the only thing i found was horrifing was when Rex was in his drunken state and he started to smash all these valuable thing that Rose mary's mother use to own and it all gone. the only thisg that concerns me is that i hope that they will never make a movie out of this that will ruin the whole book
I finished this book and found that I was horrified that throughout thing, Jeannette consistently defended her mother & father despite their selfish, egomaniacal and abusive way of life. These "savants" never understood the VERY basic concepts parenting (i.e., protection, shelter, love, responsibility and sacrifice). There is no point to and no heroine in this book; there is only someone getting paid to describe abusive parents and the successful running away from them.
I don't trust any "memoirs,." especially one written by a gossip columnist. I suspect that Walls is embellishing her story, and that she is leaving out key details about her and her family's past. Walls digs up dirt on people for MSNBC and she outed Matt Drudge. It seems like a less than honorable way to earn a living.
@penrod59 So? Who really cares if all of it's true or not- it's still a great story and that's all that matters? While I agree with you about gossip columnists like her, this is a whole new type of writing and so she should be judged in a completely different way.
@penrod59 So? Who really cares if all of it's true or not- it's still a great story and that's all that matters? While I agree with you about gossip columnists like her, this is a whole new type of writing and so she should be judged in a completely different way.
Though it keeps me wondering what happened to Maureen. I live in California so Im curious as to what if I might run elbows with her one day at the mall, at Safeway or something. Lol
I highly admire Jeannette and her other siblings for their achievements despite their rough beginnings. Indeed they are an inspiration to many. Rose Mary and Rex were lucky to have them as children. They deserved all the success. Kudos!
I feel no sympathy, whatsoever for the mother. She deserved to be homeless! If any, she should be arrested for negligence. It's not like they were poor by fate, he and her husband CHOSE to be poor. Although I should give a little credit to the supportive dad; it was very nice of him to lend Jeannette some money. Indeed, he never let them down until the very end. Them reconciling and reuniting was very touching.
@sevenshotproductions - you spew your judgment over this family but you fail to recognize that they signed up for this life. All of them. These kids had love, honesty and the tenacity to prevail. Give them some credit and shove your narrow minded judgement where the sun doesn't shine. There's enough of that already in this world.
@MimiZ914 I had two comments. You should've reread the other one. I was only blaming the mom, the dad was very supportive and the kids were nonetheless truly admirable.
@sevenshotproductions - The father was a rip off artist. Ripped off people and his own family. His alcoholism took food out of the mouths of his family. You call that supportive?Both parents are major whack jobs but I see their philosophy. At least they gave their kids some foundation of self esteem. When a spirit incarnates into this world/life/body, they are well aware of the situation they are coming into. They all willingly signed up for this. Painful as it was. Talk about real courage.
@sevenshotproductions NO BODY DESERVES HOMELESSNESS. Are you aware of what mental illness & alchoholism does family dynamics? Homelessness as punishment? Thank God you are not in a political position. Get a heart with some compassion. Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
They thought of being homeless as an "adventure". They wanted it in the first place. This is America, it's freedom and what you make out of it. Besides, when the govt tried to intervene and offered them food stamps they said they didn't need help. So it was their CHOICE. Therefore, they deserved their fate. Cause and effect. Simple as that.
@MimiZ914 Have you read the book? Jeannette makes it clear her parents DID think they were on some sort of adventure, and did not mind the homeless lifestyle. They weren't compatible with anything else, except being taken care of, which the mom and dad would have hated unless it was by their kids and the kids were through living with the parents.
Homelessness wasn't a punishment for the parents, that is true. But they were ok with being homeless, and even seemed to embrace it.
@skip430 I have read the book. And I can understand the emotional dynamics of both the parents. this was their choice but when you have 4 kids along for the ride and put them thru the hell they went thru so the parents could have their lifestyle is nothing short of abuse. They all survived somehow. I wonder how this took it's toll on their physical development, not to mention emotional. THey are all survivors but kids need the basics.
"The Glass Castle" is without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read. I just finished Jeannette Wall's book "Half broke horses." I highly recommend it!
@tabinpumanejo There's a picture of him and his wife in the beginning of the book. I too wanted to know what he looked like, then I realized I skipped some of the introduction of the book which has pictures. He looks exactly how I pictured him.
You people try raising children with almost no money, no home, the government chasing you down, and just doing odd jobs. Heh, you'd probably end up like them too.
I hate it when 12 year olds say that it's ALL of Jeanette's parent's fault.. without putting yourselves in the parent's place. Ofcourse it wasn't a good life but Jeanette's parents were poor, seriously people... It always makes me laugh when people say this WHILE they have money, a job, and a warm house to live in.
@RsAssasin I just finished reading this book in english class recently, and the reason I tink they're blaming the parents mostly, is because they COULD have had money if the dad didn't go spend it on alcohol every chance he got. Also the mother could have gotten plenty of money from owning all the acres of land she inhereted or something, but she chose to keep it.
@RsAssasin Really?? all they (the parents) had to do was keep one or two of the many jobs lost. There was the land in TX. Was never clear how much it was worth, but probably enough to make some changes. Or the home/inheritance from the grandmother. The diamond ring. The cadillac. They had so many opportunities to give their children a somewhat decent life. They failed miserably!!!!!
Her parents neglected their children completely. I agree that her mother should be in prison for all the things they un0needingly put her children through. During their entire life of poverty, she was sitting on $1 million worth of land she could have used.
And Jeanette, it is good that you overcame your circumstances but you can't honestly defend your mother and father the way you do. They do not deserve it.
If Rose Mary Walls is still alive, she should be in jail for child abuse and neglect. Jeannette defending her parents in any way is disturbing. She reminds me of the beaten dog that still stays with its master. Jeannette's glorifying her parents' sick behavior is abusive to children every where who are hungry and beaten.
I cursed at the book when Rose Mary refused to sell the diamond ring, came home from college and refused to work, and when I found at she was had $1 million worth of land. What an idiot.
Rose Mary was an awful, awful, awful mother. She should be left in the street hungry and cold as she allowed her children to live.
Jeannette, you should have your head examined for sticking up for your parents even in the slightest. You're still insanely dysfunctional - bestseller or not.
Jeanette Walls gives the word "dysfunction" a new meaning. It really gives you a whole new perspective on your own upbringing. She is so upbeat and positive and learned to find love and acceptance in a world of chaos and uncertainty. She is able to understand her parents and see them as people at a very young age. This is a great book and I recommend it to anyone that wants to feel good about their own situation. Props to Jeanette!
When I read about the parents making her and her siblings, plus the newborn baby ride in the back of a uhaul for 14 hours, without stopping to check on them, the mother not even thinking to sit in the back with them, I was floored. Those poor kids. I know I would be uncomfortable in the back of a darkened uhaul for 14 hours having to pee!
i read the book and i respect the fact that jeanette's family had more strengths than weaknesses. in fact, in many ways i admire her parents nonconformist ways. they did not let society dictate how they raised thier children. as in any family, we should not focus on all the negative aspects, but the positive, just as jeanette did. otherwise one becomes bitter and unsure of themselves. her mom in many ways reminds me of my own mother, perhaps bi-polar? a delicate situation if she is.
a bit naive. yes, her mom focused on the positives, but it got to the point that she was ignoring reality. she neglected her children in welch and put off her basic responsibilities as a parent.
her mom might have read the book and say to herself "i said that???" she may or may not be the type to regret things like that but i dunno. jeanette's awesome
I'm a hard-core book-a-holic & have studied all aspects of child abuse & the inevitable outcomes of abused & or neglected kids. While Jeanette Walls & her siblings have made it through the muck & mire, I still think that things are either extremely whitewashed (to save face) & drummed up (literary thrill) in this story. Romanticizing child abuse & neglect in the story of her life, especially with the "rags to riches" ending just left me unmoved. But to each their own I guess...
For those of you who condemn Jeannette Walls' parents for the way their children were raised should also remember that their children turned out to be productive members of society. Why? Because even though their living conditions were not normal, they grew up in a family filled with love and optimism. Don't judge someone if you haven't walked in their shoes. My daughter and I met Jeannette last night and she possesses the same uplifting and positive attitude as her mother. She's fabulous!
just finished Half Broke Horses...loved it...ok I am off to buy The Glass Castle now....my new fav writer....
fattysummers 1 week ago
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Schnilchlord 4 weeks ago
Rex R.I.P love the Glass Castle
xTYROCKx 2 months ago
AMAZING book...........AMAZING story........AMAZING life. I'm so proud of you for "pulling yourself up by your boot straps". I can never look at Venus the same way. Three cheers Jeannette.
daase184 4 months ago
I'm in the process of doing book videos for my own books, I found this one. You did a great job, hope to meet you and possibly work with you in the future. I admire you.
kennesaw1000 4 months ago
This was one of my summer reading books (I had to read three) I liked it. The school has good taste :)
natalexwolffluv123 4 months ago
best book i've ever read, Senior in high school here
frobrofityfoe 5 months ago
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Same! Read it for school! :) I'm glad I chose it!
aLySaSpIvAk1 5 months ago
im still reading it :3
NarooluCA 5 months ago
Hoarding! But I loved the book. I just hope it isn't another book like Another million pieces/lies
AngeliaClaire 5 months ago
@AngeliaClaire what do you mean?
EasyBakeSmiles 3 months ago
She is such a pretty and well spoken woman, I loved her book and I wish her all of the best!
MaddieRoseCutie 5 months ago 3
this is the greatest book ive ever had to read for a class lol
citrick94 6 months ago
@citrick94 true story bro.
slap14325 6 months ago
I live where she use to in West Virginia...Her house was about at the end of my driveway... I see a few visitors a year who come to view it
kewlnesses 6 months ago
CBS needs to know that the volume on this video is substandard. Would have loved to have heard what Jeannette had to say, but the volume, even turned up full blast, was too low.
steffercat 6 months ago
@steffercat Read the book
katecoburn 6 months ago
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I would love to fuck her
DeadJesus100 6 months ago
I just finished the book, it was amazing. Her mother was so selfish though. The ending made me angry.
Kaitybella 6 months ago
amazing book
wfcxtoxic 7 months ago
I loved this book and half broke horses. She is a great writer!
kgerdes96 7 months ago
Time to re-read this great book!
luigig53 7 months ago
I read the book last week and was deeply impressed. I'm working mit people who suffer from alcohol dependency and also often talk to their - sometimes adult - children. What I recognize is that they rarely talk about their own feelings, it seems to be a kind of shelter to get through these intensive feelings. This is what I see here as well. Only a very little part of despair, anger, fear is apparent in the book. I always feel with the children of alcohol dependent people, but also with them.
sandokhan59 7 months ago
oh my god she talks so fast
MissFruitPastilles 7 months ago
Going through this book now. It's definitely a captivating memoir.
Flows234 7 months ago
Being Jeannette for a wax museum in social studies, this was really helpful(:
JulietteDelvecchio 7 months ago
The two parts that I almost cried is when Jeannette's departure for New York with her dad seeing her off, and when she left her parent's apartment after her dad told her that he was going to die. Man, nothing more powerful than this story.
LahmTheGamer 8 months ago
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Ughh Such a Good Book Man !!:) i just wanna meet them all and thank them for such a wonderful Story!
ErotikkBoggiez 8 months ago
I'm reading the book right now, I think there is definitely a component of mental illness with both the parents. They are what they are, but flawed as they were, they did the best they could as parents. You could revile them as monsters - they were both monumentally selfish - but they did love their kids.
nancyhastrew 8 months ago
i am reading the book right now and it's just amazing how they lived how brave she is and how smart both her parents were
killmeshootme 8 months ago
reading The Glass Castle in english... Its really the first school assigned book that i read and didn't want to stop.
DaleAnthonyB 8 months ago
this was an incredible book. although, half the book her parents turned on her, it was an awesome adventure traveling to all of these little known places, and hearing about how she chased out rapists with an axe at one part
OneCupApple 8 months ago
I so like the mother! because the book i read "the glass castle" she is so sympathic!
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ElizabethKentivusdf 8 months ago
I read the book if half the stuff in there is true i think her parents should be imprisoned.
Devonmeister 8 months ago
I'm sorry but her mother and father were beasts. Her mother was a crazy, selfish c#nt and her father was a lying cheating, thieving, piece of sh*t . Hope "grandma" erma and uncle stanley are rotting in hell!!
Congrats to the Walls siblings on their success and survival.
NinaMarie73 8 months ago
I thoroughly enjoyed Jennette's story.....I cried as I read...I felt Rex Walls was a cruel father..........I'm from nomadic family....maybe that's why I like it so much...you are a hard act to follow Jeannette !!!..
newronythomas 9 months ago
I love this story.
helica4u 9 months ago
with a past like hers things have to be hard not to forget
yeame15 9 months ago
@107rocker Yes she is, shes an awesome person
datpimpinboy 9 months ago
@107rocker No that's pathetic, this book is completely real. She's 50 for god's sake, we should be glad she remembered so many things!!!! The books is real and amazing!
datpimpinboy 9 months ago
Imagine how many people have walked and passed by this lady and not even known all the things she's been through her life?? That old lady walking around New York has been in Arizona, Nevada, California, West Virginia, everywhere and been through everything, even hanging from a window. I am not a book person, but im blown away by this story. I wish so bad I could contact Jeannette and tell her I admire her!!! Great book, the end was sad though...
datpimpinboy 9 months ago
@107rocker dude I know right. I am so caught on this book, it's absolutely crazy. I'm so mad I couldnt finish reading it because I have test on it tomorrow so I had to read the book summaries online, but still I cant believe that all that happened in this book happend foreal. This is by far the best book ive ever read, I got so sad when I read Rex died, I felt like I knew Rex in real life. I wish I could contact Jeannette and tell her how fascinated I am by her book, It's an incredible story!!!!
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Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle -- Book Video
RichardHallg 10 months ago
This memoir was like an accident that was difficult to turn away from...if ever I met this woman, I would like to give her a hug. That's all I can say...
urundone 11 months ago
Great book! Couldn't put it down. Never once did I get the impression that Jeannette felt sorry for herself. I love her spirit and her love for family.
xuziqueue 1 year ago 49
@xuziqueue Ughh Such a Good Book Man !!:) i just wanna meet them all and thank them for such a wonderful Story!
ErotikkBoggiez 8 months ago
I am about half way through this book and i feel like i am reading my own memoir. I too had the alcoholic Father full of dreams and we were always on some adventure living in an old school bus made into a home for 6 children and mother and father. Jeannette Thank you for writting this book. I do not feel like a freek now because of this book. God bless you and your Family no matter how dysfuctional it was. Much respect for you.
tommyann1971 1 year ago 3
I finished this book in about 8 hours of straight reading. It's that good. it sometimes makes you happy, then makes you furious, and then instantly lets you down.
DudeKarKey 1 year ago
@DudeKarKey I know, knowing that Rex died was such a let down..... I bonded so much with the book I felt as though I knew Rex and I was so sad. This book is absolutly incredible.
datpimpinboy 9 months ago
this was my first memoir i ever read and it was amazing. Even though Rex Walls was a huge part of the dysfunctions of the family he had a good soul and tried to keep the family together like gluing a brick building but it collapsed. The glass castle represents her build up in confidence and hope, everytime she is firm and confident the castle is mentioned but when she is not confidence like when dad asked her for money the castle is not being built. she built her own glass castle mentally.
SincerestTester 1 year ago 12
This book is an example of how to make lemonade out of lemons. The parents & the situation were dysfunctional. No doubt. We can replicate our past or learn from it. I am sure it is/was not easy for any of the people in this family to live in their own skin. It takes a LOT of inner strength to grow and accept that our parents did the best THEY could, even though it was not the best thing for us. I lived this kind of life & never wanna again. Thanks for sharing your story. I feel less alone.
mcsssn14 1 year ago
i just finished reading this book. its a great memoir book.
bengura 1 year ago
it feels like i know the mother after reading the book. specially when she was talking about the paintings.
tycooncashflow4u 1 year ago
this book broke my heart but it's one of the most beautiful I've ever read
tammyholmes 1 year ago
This book is the best book i have ever listened to.
BRENDEBREN 1 year ago
How can you hate people who are clearly mentally ill (Both parents) and delusional?
The children should have been removed from their parents. But instead every adult that came into their lives turned their heads and let the children continue to live (survive, actually) in their environment. Everyone who walked away from these kids let them down.
All this being said, the kids learned to survive and became better and stronger people because of it. How do you make sense of such things?
laurenfraser94 1 year ago
she talks so fast!
starlover222 1 year ago
what??? That's her mom???! in the picture of her mom that was in the book, she looked NOTHING LIKE THAT
kisa154 1 year ago
@kisa154 I know I was schoked. She looks like a beautiful woman in the book with her dress and everything, who in the world would imagine that this old lady walking around new york is the same person.... this book is incredible!
datpimpinboy 9 months ago
I think ,after reading this book :the father was a "mental abuser,and a Soziopath",a terrible "Blender"!
Empathisantin57 1 year ago
Das Buch :Schloss aus Glas" muss man lesen!
Empathisantin57 1 year ago
Das Buch :Schloss aus Glas" muss man lesen!
Empathisantin57 1 year ago
I can't stand her mother after reading her book. She made so many incredibly stupid mistakes, and from what I've heard, has never taken responsibility for them.
bonnieb118 1 year ago 2
@bonnieb118 ....but! they become amazingly positive humans.......
Empathisantin57 1 year ago
@Empathisantin57 it doesn't matter. She and her husband abused their children. They are lucky they way their children turned out.
bonnieb118 1 year ago
I read this memoir in one sitting, it was fascinating and very well written.
ademeyer 1 year ago
why is her mom on the streets if shes living on park avenue?
WH0KID09 1 year ago
pussy book
cblordvTV 1 year ago
Jeannette thought she was so ugly as a child, but she's gorgeous. I could she have thought that?
LVishere 1 year ago
best book i have ever read..... make a movie please
totins5 1 year ago
when i read the book, i was sooooooo upset at jeannette's mom, i thought i'd stop reading, but i picked it up again after 2 weeks. yet now, i can't take in that this woman is just like any other old mom
Ayumura96 1 year ago
@Ayumura96 She had mental illness you unobservant MORON.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy You are so depressed with your life, aren't you? I can easily tell that you have some form of a metal problem. Or maybe no one to talk to. Get bullied by peers or Co-Workers. Vent your anger at other people. Pretty sad and despicable if you ask me..
mark9241 1 year ago
@mark9241 Looks like you've failed again! I'm not the least bit depressed, no mental health issues, and I'm not bullied by anyone. On the contrary I have a great family and a fun social life. I LOVE how turds like you assume that someone has to be fucked up in some way if they dare to disagree with you. Such irony.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
She came to give a lecture at my college, and I thought it was really cute how she would slip up sometimes and begin speaking in a Southern accent. Love her story. :)
FearTheFlowers 1 year ago
@FearTheFlowers So you admire fakeness and somehow speaking in a southern accent is wrong?? Was this a community college? Disgusting idiot.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@MrGrevy Ah, no I never said that. I'm from the south myself and my college is one of the best...just saying. I just thought it was cute how her accent changed depending on what she was talking about. That is all, kind sir.
FearTheFlowers 1 year ago
@FearTheFlowers "my college is one of the best..' LOL sure it is
MrGrevy 1 year ago
I just finished the book and although i think its great she adapted and survived her parents upbringing i cant help but think how many people are arrested and thrown in jail for abusing kids so badly and i guess shes saying it doesnt matter how crappy your folks are you can still make it in this world, it really doesnt amtter if you give a shit about your kids and im taling actions not words.
zaptoronto 1 year ago
@zaptoronto Good job on COMPLETELY missing the nuances of the book. Go get a GED and stfu.
MrGrevy 1 year ago
@zaptoronto You honestly thought it was a sad story? Read Dave Pelzer a child called it. Definitely my favorite book. You will NEVER regret it.
mark9241 1 year ago
The saddest book I have ever read, although at times it was so outrageous and pathetic, it made me laugh!
classyfoxette 1 year ago 2
The saddest book I have ever read, although at times it was so outrageours and pathetic, it made me laugh!
classyfoxette 1 year ago
woaa she talk fast ahaha im a native new yorker n i dnt even tlk dat fast... i thought she had a country accent 4 some reason..
boriquadominicana 1 year ago
Rex is dead. But there is a picture of him and Rose Mary at the beginning of the book.
seanmoody1000 1 year ago
She talks as well as she writes, damn.
FriknClueless 1 year ago
I love Jeannette Walls!!! She lived a crazy life but it made her who she is!
shuwenandamanda 1 year ago
I WANT TO BUY HER MOMS PAITINGS!!!
JewPowerGo 1 year ago
I have never laughed and cried so hard while reading a book. Fabulous, fabulous book.
NHJules 1 year ago
Adore the book. (: such an inspiring author. she makes you feel so many emotions durning this book.
If you like this you should also read "Alicia" It's a memoir of a girl who lived durning the holocaust. ♥
number01twilight 1 year ago
Fascinating story...
sourpatchbear 1 year ago
I'm reading this book right now and looking at this video, I can not bear to finish it. Is she glorifying her mother for her lack of responsibility and abusive, neglectful behavior? Consistently through out the book, there are few epiphanies but more or less, moments where I realize (as the reader) how misleading all these events are when Walls makes up excuses for her horrendous parents.
haylie230 1 year ago
@haylie230 It's her parents , they have a huge heart they tried to improve for her. they love her, yes they make odd choices but that's what impacts you so much.
number01twilight 1 year ago
i wanna see how her siblings look like
THeNewLeague 1 year ago
Just breaking into this book tonight. The first few pages are already overwhelming. This is going to be a ride.
Booay1091960 1 year ago
@LaneCGMS me too im 14 and i also loved the book!
ilikeemeiroxs 1 year ago
Hahaha, I come from a family that is also vibrant and dysfunctional, and I really, really feel this book. It's amazing and full of life and something I can relate to. Believe it or not, I am jealous of her father and the fact she had a father to support her, even if he wasn't the best. He never quit or walked out on his children like my dad, and for that I give kudos to him.
maryfaceeggo 1 year ago
wtf is shit on fast foward!
crapola1234567 1 year ago
LOVE this book
ayayaipysha 1 year ago
Man this book is soooo good I dont even like reading that much and the ending left me depressed.
Dillhole410 1 year ago
i think she felt despondent about her mom in that momoment
DMPFace 1 year ago
This book was so amazing! I seriously could not put it down! A must read!
mpreezyy 1 year ago
this book was amazing
mzlexi2011 1 year ago
Most amazing story!
broadwaygrl94 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing. . .
JulianneBryson 1 year ago
i read the book and it was so good!!! and omg she fell out of a car!!!
peffers202 1 year ago
Oh wow, seeing her mom made me cry. What an amazing book. Thanks for sharing your story Jeannette.
betabite89 1 year ago
Oh depressing :( but so good!
sweetminttt 1 year ago
i found this book really interesting and the only thing i found was horrifing was when Rex was in his drunken state and he started to smash all these valuable thing that Rose mary's mother use to own and it all gone. the only thisg that concerns me is that i hope that they will never make a movie out of this that will ruin the whole book
awsomedrummer100 1 year ago
I finished this book and found that I was horrified that throughout thing, Jeannette consistently defended her mother & father despite their selfish, egomaniacal and abusive way of life. These "savants" never understood the VERY basic concepts parenting (i.e., protection, shelter, love, responsibility and sacrifice). There is no point to and no heroine in this book; there is only someone getting paid to describe abusive parents and the successful running away from them.
lbrinch 1 year ago
I don't trust any "memoirs,." especially one written by a gossip columnist. I suspect that Walls is embellishing her story, and that she is leaving out key details about her and her family's past. Walls digs up dirt on people for MSNBC and she outed Matt Drudge. It seems like a less than honorable way to earn a living.
penrod59 1 year ago
@penrod59 So? Who really cares if all of it's true or not- it's still a great story and that's all that matters? While I agree with you about gossip columnists like her, this is a whole new type of writing and so she should be judged in a completely different way.
bookcreator 1 year ago
@penrod59 So? Who really cares if all of it's true or not- it's still a great story and that's all that matters? While I agree with you about gossip columnists like her, this is a whole new type of writing and so she should be judged in a completely different way.
bookcreator 1 year ago
@penrod59 Who would lie about this? Just insinuating that she is lieing is foolish. it was her life, her mind, her very thoughts. so shaddup.
number01twilight 1 year ago
I loved this book! :D
entertainer106 1 year ago
Great BOOK!!! Loved every min I was reading it. Thanks
ferngullymahalo 1 year ago
Just finished her book. It's a truly amazing story.
Kerley809 1 year ago
i just finished this book too. i loved it it's my favorite book. my mom told me i should read it after she read it.
stargonz 1 year ago
Bottom line, Jeannette Walls = Amazing
sevenshotproductions 1 year ago
One of the best books It's heart wrenching and mind blowing
djalkyd 1 year ago
I am not a book reader but I love the book! Is paramount making the movie???
thanhtinhnguyen 1 year ago
Though it keeps me wondering what happened to Maureen. I live in California so Im curious as to what if I might run elbows with her one day at the mall, at Safeway or something. Lol
I highly admire Jeannette and her other siblings for their achievements despite their rough beginnings. Indeed they are an inspiration to many. Rose Mary and Rex were lucky to have them as children. They deserved all the success. Kudos!
sevenshotproductions 1 year ago
I feel no sympathy, whatsoever for the mother. She deserved to be homeless! If any, she should be arrested for negligence. It's not like they were poor by fate, he and her husband CHOSE to be poor. Although I should give a little credit to the supportive dad; it was very nice of him to lend Jeannette some money. Indeed, he never let them down until the very end. Them reconciling and reuniting was very touching.
sevenshotproductions 1 year ago
@sevenshotproductions - you spew your judgment over this family but you fail to recognize that they signed up for this life. All of them. These kids had love, honesty and the tenacity to prevail. Give them some credit and shove your narrow minded judgement where the sun doesn't shine. There's enough of that already in this world.
MimiZ914 1 year ago
@MimiZ914 I had two comments. You should've reread the other one. I was only blaming the mom, the dad was very supportive and the kids were nonetheless truly admirable.
sevenshotproductions 1 year ago
@sevenshotproductions - The father was a rip off artist. Ripped off people and his own family. His alcoholism took food out of the mouths of his family. You call that supportive?Both parents are major whack jobs but I see their philosophy. At least they gave their kids some foundation of self esteem. When a spirit incarnates into this world/life/body, they are well aware of the situation they are coming into. They all willingly signed up for this. Painful as it was. Talk about real courage.
MimiZ914 1 year ago
@sevenshotproductions NO BODY DESERVES HOMELESSNESS. Are you aware of what mental illness & alchoholism does family dynamics? Homelessness as punishment? Thank God you are not in a political position. Get a heart with some compassion. Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
MimiZ914 1 year ago
They thought of being homeless as an "adventure". They wanted it in the first place. This is America, it's freedom and what you make out of it. Besides, when the govt tried to intervene and offered them food stamps they said they didn't need help. So it was their CHOICE. Therefore, they deserved their fate. Cause and effect. Simple as that.
sevenshotproductions 1 year ago 4
@sevenshotproductions The whole thing I get from this book is this: the human spirit and the ability to rise and meet the challenge, to prevail
is just nothing short of miraculous
and gives us all the perspective to keep moving-
no whining allowed.
MimiZ914 1 year ago
@MimiZ914 Have you read the book? Jeannette makes it clear her parents DID think they were on some sort of adventure, and did not mind the homeless lifestyle. They weren't compatible with anything else, except being taken care of, which the mom and dad would have hated unless it was by their kids and the kids were through living with the parents.
Homelessness wasn't a punishment for the parents, that is true. But they were ok with being homeless, and even seemed to embrace it.
skip430 1 year ago
@skip430 I have read the book. And I can understand the emotional dynamics of both the parents. this was their choice but when you have 4 kids along for the ride and put them thru the hell they went thru so the parents could have their lifestyle is nothing short of abuse. They all survived somehow. I wonder how this took it's toll on their physical development, not to mention emotional. THey are all survivors but kids need the basics.
MimiZ914 1 year ago
"The Glass Castle" is without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read. I just finished Jeannette Wall's book "Half broke horses." I highly recommend it!
hexthorpe1 1 year ago
i bought the book for a school presentation... ive almost read 60 pages.. its fun to read :)
xFrozenxVampirex 2 years ago
What a lot of entertainment based upon 2 things: exaggeration and fabrication. Great entertainment though; excellent marketing job!
saruhhxlove 2 years ago
how do you KNOW first hand that it's fabrication?
freynekennedy 2 years ago
one of the best books ive ever read.
they need to make a movie.
jeitFRIGHT 2 years ago
paramount is making a movie!
lpgracey 2 years ago
i really want to see a picture of Rex
tabinpumanejo 2 years ago 21
@tabinpumanejo there's one in the book.
ipodtouchguy77 1 year ago
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GeetarAdam 1 year ago
@tabinpumanejo there is one in the book
crapola1234567 1 year ago
@tabinpumanejo He has passed away, but their wedding picture is in the front of the book, at least it is in my paperback copy.
mecassid 1 year ago
@tabinpumanejo There is A Picture Of Rex Walls And His Wife in the beging of the book.
msmokingpenguin 1 year ago
@tabinpumanejo Maybe they can't because he did the skedaddle
MrGrevy 1 year ago 19
@tabinpumanejo if you want to see Rex Walls look in the book.
chaosSargent218 1 year ago
@tabinpumanejo There's a picture of him and his wife in the beginning of the book. I too wanted to know what he looked like, then I realized I skipped some of the introduction of the book which has pictures. He looks exactly how I pictured him.
AngemonRulez 1 year ago
reading (almost done) it in college...its really good...i wonder how lori's doing...
1ofmeNlotsofU 2 years ago
You people try raising children with almost no money, no home, the government chasing you down, and just doing odd jobs. Heh, you'd probably end up like them too.
I hate it when 12 year olds say that it's ALL of Jeanette's parent's fault.. without putting yourselves in the parent's place. Ofcourse it wasn't a good life but Jeanette's parents were poor, seriously people... It always makes me laugh when people say this WHILE they have money, a job, and a warm house to live in.
RsAssasin 2 years ago
@RsAssasin I just finished reading this book in english class recently, and the reason I tink they're blaming the parents mostly, is because they COULD have had money if the dad didn't go spend it on alcohol every chance he got. Also the mother could have gotten plenty of money from owning all the acres of land she inhereted or something, but she chose to keep it.
Holly926 2 years ago
@Holly926 Yeah, really some selfish choices made. Mom and Dad both had some major mental health issues on top of everything else.
MimiZ914 1 year ago
@RsAssasin Really?? all they (the parents) had to do was keep one or two of the many jobs lost. There was the land in TX. Was never clear how much it was worth, but probably enough to make some changes. Or the home/inheritance from the grandmother. The diamond ring. The cadillac. They had so many opportunities to give their children a somewhat decent life. They failed miserably!!!!!
NinaMarie73 8 months ago
I have read the book and it is really good :)
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d1eynon 2 years ago
I agree with the fact that her mother is horrible but her father in my opinion was different but overall a good father except for his drinking.
Dillhole930 2 years ago
Her parents neglected their children completely. I agree that her mother should be in prison for all the things they un0needingly put her children through. During their entire life of poverty, she was sitting on $1 million worth of land she could have used.
And Jeanette, it is good that you overcame your circumstances but you can't honestly defend your mother and father the way you do. They do not deserve it.
ConnorMcph 2 years ago
If Rose Mary Walls is still alive, she should be in jail for child abuse and neglect. Jeannette defending her parents in any way is disturbing. She reminds me of the beaten dog that still stays with its master. Jeannette's glorifying her parents' sick behavior is abusive to children every where who are hungry and beaten.
Oehtkralc 2 years ago
I cursed at the book when Rose Mary refused to sell the diamond ring, came home from college and refused to work, and when I found at she was had $1 million worth of land. What an idiot.
777swineflu 2 years ago
Ah greed. It is insane she would not sell the diamond ring for her children!
Soccerchicka9021 2 years ago
Rose Mary was an awful, awful, awful mother. She should be left in the street hungry and cold as she allowed her children to live.
Jeannette, you should have your head examined for sticking up for your parents even in the slightest. You're still insanely dysfunctional - bestseller or not.
Oehtkralc 2 years ago
Rex walls is Godlike, second to no man who has ever lived!
vmichial 2 years ago 2
Jeanette Walls gives the word "dysfunction" a new meaning. It really gives you a whole new perspective on your own upbringing. She is so upbeat and positive and learned to find love and acceptance in a world of chaos and uncertainty. She is able to understand her parents and see them as people at a very young age. This is a great book and I recommend it to anyone that wants to feel good about their own situation. Props to Jeanette!
chanteuserenardbleu 2 years ago
OMG! i am 14 y.o. and i love this book. its just so real...
LaneCGMS 2 years ago 11
it is real... its a memuar! :)
micaman33 2 years ago
Well, Duhh. XD
LaneCGMS 2 years ago
@LaneCGMS it is real...
KitKatSkitty 1 year ago
@KitKatSkitty Is what real?... The book? Yea? xD
LaneCGMS 1 year ago
When I read about the parents making her and her siblings, plus the newborn baby ride in the back of a uhaul for 14 hours, without stopping to check on them, the mother not even thinking to sit in the back with them, I was floored. Those poor kids. I know I would be uncomfortable in the back of a darkened uhaul for 14 hours having to pee!
ObscurityMiss86 2 years ago
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total cunt in real life
inridong 2 years ago
SS or it didn't happen
renrengrin 2 years ago
i read the book and i respect the fact that jeanette's family had more strengths than weaknesses. in fact, in many ways i admire her parents nonconformist ways. they did not let society dictate how they raised thier children. as in any family, we should not focus on all the negative aspects, but the positive, just as jeanette did. otherwise one becomes bitter and unsure of themselves. her mom in many ways reminds me of my own mother, perhaps bi-polar? a delicate situation if she is.
marihelm 2 years ago
a bit naive. yes, her mom focused on the positives, but it got to the point that she was ignoring reality. she neglected her children in welch and put off her basic responsibilities as a parent.
Shith33d 2 years ago
her mom might have read the book and say to herself "i said that???" she may or may not be the type to regret things like that but i dunno. jeanette's awesome
zitalee2 2 years ago
I'm a hard-core book-a-holic & have studied all aspects of child abuse & the inevitable outcomes of abused & or neglected kids. While Jeanette Walls & her siblings have made it through the muck & mire, I still think that things are either extremely whitewashed (to save face) & drummed up (literary thrill) in this story. Romanticizing child abuse & neglect in the story of her life, especially with the "rags to riches" ending just left me unmoved. But to each their own I guess...
kerry5101971 2 years ago
how do you know it was drummed up?
muscongus 2 years ago
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mummabenz 2 years ago
For those of you who condemn Jeannette Walls' parents for the way their children were raised should also remember that their children turned out to be productive members of society. Why? Because even though their living conditions were not normal, they grew up in a family filled with love and optimism. Don't judge someone if you haven't walked in their shoes. My daughter and I met Jeannette last night and she possesses the same uplifting and positive attitude as her mother. She's fabulous!
mummabenz 2 years ago 2