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Book Review of The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle
Author: Jeannette Walls
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
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This book was a very interesting read. The basic premise is a autobiography from a woman who grew up with parents who were very anti-establishment and kind of crazy. As she grows up, her view on her parents develops and, eventually, she and her siblings move out to live on their own. The book is full of anecdotes and the various situations she experienced and she tells it all with a very accepting attitude so, while she is going through some difficult things, the story has a light-hearted backbone. All in all, it is a window into a world very different from my own childhood and, probably, many other people's childhoods as well.