The Glass Castle: A Memoir

The Glass Castle is a memoir by Jeannette Walls about her unconventional family. Her father was brilliant and charismatic when sober, teaching his children physics and geology, but became dishonest and destructive when drinking. Her mother rejected domesticity and did not want the responsibility of raising children. The Walls children learned to fend for themselves, caring for one another before eventually making their way to New York. Despite their children's success, Jeannette's parents chose to become homeless. The memoir explores a family that was deeply dysfunctional yet bound by intense loyalty and love. It presents a portrait of resilience and redemption within a peculiar but devoted family unit.