The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a masterpiece. This book takes you back to the tough, poverty filled life of Jeannette Walls and her family. It's an incredibly hard book to put down, as soon as you get to a point where you might think of stopping, something interesting happens and you're forced to keep on going. Jeannette depicts her childhood very clearly (Even someone born a billionaire will feel for this girl). Jeannette writes with no intention of making her story sad, in other words, she doesn't want us to pity her (You can't help it though).
To briefly tease you. Jeannette was born into a really dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and a really emotionally unstable mother, apart from them, she has three siblings. From what Jeannette remembers, she has always been poor (The book opens up with her family living in a trailer park). Her father can't keep a job, and her mother is a big baby. Neither parent is qualified to take care of children, so the children are basically on their own...
What makes this a great book isn't the fact that it can make a grown man cry, but the way it makes you look at life. This book really made me appreciate the things that I have and it made me love my parents a lot more. Respect goes out to Jeannette Walls who made so much out of virtually nothing. It sort of makes you feel like a dick for wanting more and more even though you already have enough (Material things, etc.). This is a great book that everyone should check out. I'm not a big reader but this book was awesome enough for me to actually finish it.
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