Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle -- Book Video

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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!

OMG! i am 14 y.o. and i love this book. its just so real...

it is real... its a memuar! :)

Well, Duhh. XD

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!

total cunt in real life

SS or it didn't happen

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.