Saturday, April 19, 2025

The Glass Castle.


 Jeannette Walls. The Glass Castle. Scribner, 2005. 


A shattering memoir of growing up in a family with an "alternative" lifestyle, a father who is a dreamer who drinks and refuses to let employment interfere with his dreams. A mother who hides behind being an artist as an excuse not to be a protector and provider for her children. Terrible to see the invisible line between addiction/mental illness and freedom of choice, and the unimaginable life many children experience. Every teacher should read this story of a girl who survives and thrives in spite of the neglect she experienced. 


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