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The Glass Castle

A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls · 2006 · 304 pages

Lori Greiner
Lori Greiner
Recommended by 1 elite

Recommended by 1 Elite

Lori Greiner

About This Book

Jeannette Walls recounts her nomadic and dysfunctional upbringing with eccentric parents in various American desert towns and West Virginia. The narrative explores her family's extreme poverty, her father's alcoholism, and the resilience that led her to a successful journalism career in New York City.

Book Details

Published

2006

Pages

304

Language

en

ISBN

9780743247542

Awards & Recognition

Christopher AwardAlex Award (2006)Books for Better Living Award

Audiobook Available

9h 0m
Narrated by Jeannette Walls

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