The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls
921 Walls Wal

This memoir describes Jeannette’s childhood in a nomadic, dysfunctional family who wandered through the Southwest, and eventually came home to West Virginia where they could rely on the help of her parent’s families.  Both of Jeannette’s parents were brilliant, and her mother was artistic, but they did not have a clue about raising children or even providing them with food and guidance.  Jeannette describes how she and her siblings helped each other reach adulthood and learn to live in this world.

Family: Books about Kith and Kin

  • The Light of the World: a Memoir


  • The Gathering


  • Nutshell


  • The Glass Castle


  • Bee Season


  • The Past


  • The Six: the Lives of the Mitford Sisters


  • Commonwealth


  • Empire Falls


  • A Death in the Family