I agree that this is a powerful book and impossible to put down once you
start it. This author overcame enormous odds to even grow to adulthood.
Sue McGown
St. John's School
Houston, TX
Carole Bierwiler wrote:
> The absolute best book I have read this year is The Glass Castle by
> Jeannette Walls. It is about a family who lived in poverty for years
> and moved from place to place (including the desert and a West Va.
> mining town) despite the fact that the father was an engineer and the
> mother a teacher. Neither parent really wanted the responsibility of a
> family and a full time job to interfere with their creativity. The
> father's dream was to one day build a Glass Castle for the family to
> live in. This is a true story of the life of Ms. Walls, who recently
> left a journalist's job at MSNBC for a career as a writer. The mother
> and father both chose homelessness over a more stable lifestyle even
> later when the grown children tried to intervene and offer their help.
>
> Carole Bierwiler
> Media Specialist, NBCT
> Sunset Lakes Elementary
> Miramar, FL 33029
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