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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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Severely smacking of McCourt's Angela's Ashes, this story is heart wrenching and tedious. Jeannette Walls tells a harrowing tale of growing up on the move with an alcoholic parent. Much like with McCourt, one wonders when she will ever escape the inevitable let down that her father and eccentric mother eternally represent. What differs here, is Walls' wit and wisdom that she takes from her experience and from which she distills the essence of her father's existence and her mother's eccentricities. Forever an embarrassment but always loving and familiar, Walls learns that her parents belong to her and to each other in a way that no other truly can.