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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Oscar winner Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. <p/>The perennially bestselling, thing short of spectacular (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world's most gifted storytellers. <p/>The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. <p/>The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one ather and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. <p/>The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a beloved memoir that has lived on the bestseller list for more than six years.Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-101501171585
ISBN-139781501171581
eBay Product ID (ePID)238363127
Product Key Features
Book TitleGlass Castle : a Memoir
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicWomen, Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Adult Children of Substance Abusers, Personal Memoirs, Poverty & Homelessness, General, Literary, Dysfunctional Families
GenreFamily & Relationships, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
AuthorJeannette Walls
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Country of PublicationUnited States