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A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of
resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.
Their father, Rex Walls, was a charismatic and brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he would steal the grocery money and disappear for days, disappointing Jeannette, his biggest supporter, again and again. Their mother, a painter, a writer, a free-spirit who couldn't stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an "excitement addict." She loved being on the brink of a new adventure and Rex Walls was always embarking on new ones, usually because he had to--because the rent was unpaid or he'd broken the law. And Jeannette and her brother and sisters were always taking on the household responsibilities, finding food, cleaning house, encouraging their parents to work, protecting one another and finally supporting each other as they moved out of their parents dysfunctional lives and finished their educations in New York. Their parents followed them to the city, eventually becoming homeless, even as their children prospered.
From the desert to San Francisco, from Las Vegas to a mining town in Appalachia, Rex and Mary Walls led their family on a nomadic journey- running from the police, escaping fires, ferreting food out of dumpsters. It was a childhood full of exciting adventures, dangerous accidents, heartbreaking betrayals and the intense love of a peculiar family that despite all of its many flaws gave Jeannette the fiery determination to carve out a successful
life. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.
Their father, Rex Walls, was a charismatic and brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he would steal the grocery money and disappear for days, disappointing Jeannette, his biggest supporter, again and again. Their mother, a painter, a writer, a free-spirit who couldn't stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an "excitement addict." She loved being on the brink of a new adventure and Rex Walls was always embarking on new ones, usually because he had to--because the rent was unpaid or he'd broken the law. And Jeannette and her brother and sisters were always taking on the household responsibilities, finding food, cleaning house, encouraging their parents to work, protecting one another and finally supporting each other as they moved out of their parents dysfunctional lives and finished their educations in New York. Their parents followed them to the city, eventually becoming homeless, even as their children prospered.
From the desert to San Francisco, from Las Vegas to a mining town in Appalachia, Rex and Mary Walls led their family on a nomadic journey- running from the police, escaping fires, ferreting food out of dumpsters. It was a childhood full of exciting adventures, dangerous accidents, heartbreaking betrayals and the intense love of a peculiar family that despite all of its many flaws gave Jeannette the fiery determination to carve out a successful
life. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Biographie de l'auteur
Jeannette Walls was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and grew up in the southwest and Welch, West Virginia. She graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York City for twenty years. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, a triumphant account of overcoming a difficult childhood with her dysfunctional but vibrant family, has been a New York Times bestseller for over three years. A publishing sensation around the world, The Glass Castle has sold more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S. and has been translated into twenty-two languages. Walls is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Christopher Award for helping to "affirm the highest values of the human spirit, as well as the American Library Association s Alex Award, and the Books for Better Living Award. The Glass Castle was chosen as Elle magazine's book of the year. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.
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We were always doing the skedaddle usually in the middle of the night. Dad was so sure a posse of Federal investigators was on our trail that he smoked his unfiltered cigarette from the wrong end. That way, he explained, he burned up the brand name, so that the people who were tracking them down would find unidentifiable butts,instead of Pall Malls which could be traced to him."
Jeanette Walls has written a most touching memorial of her life as a youngster. As a young girl along with her three siblings, Lori, Brain and Maureen live out a nomadic existence with their parents in Arizona and West Virginia. We see a lot on how the poor existed and still enjoyed some semblance of happiness, because of the deep love that held them together through thick and thin. And this love was evident in the Walls right through the novel, even when the girls got older and started to set their sights on another city, knowing deep inside that they could make sucessful lives with the greater opportunities elsewhere.
What I could not really grasp however was the financial resources of their mother, Rose Walls. Did she really have to live this way? Why did she choose this way when it seems that she was an educated woman; for she was indeed a talented artist and a school teacher, and had a lot to fall back on including property left to here by family. With all this and yet she chose this uncertain life for her lovely children.
This book gives a very interesting look at a dysfunctional family and was for me a smooth page-turner. This book should make an ideal gift for any occasion.
Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 24-03-2010)
Jeanette Walls has written a most touching memorial of her life as a youngster. As a young girl along with her three siblings, Lori, Brain and Maureen live out a nomadic existence with their parents in Arizona and West Virginia. We see a lot on how the poor existed and still enjoyed some semblance of happiness, because of the deep love that held them together through thick and thin. And this love was evident in the Walls right through the novel, even when the girls got older and started to set their sights on another city, knowing deep inside that they could make sucessful lives with the greater opportunities elsewhere.
What I could not really grasp however was the financial resources of their mother, Rose Walls. Did she really have to live this way? Why did she choose this way when it seems that she was an educated woman; for she was indeed a talented artist and a school teacher, and had a lot to fall back on including property left to here by family. With all this and yet she chose this uncertain life for her lovely children.
This book gives a very interesting look at a dysfunctional family and was for me a smooth page-turner. This book should make an ideal gift for any occasion.
Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 24-03-2010)
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The Glass Castle will make you laugh and cry. It is so touching, it reaches you places deep down in your heart. It is moving and inspiring. It is the story about how a little girl survived her childhood with unreliable, careless parents, fleeing one wreck to the next, starving and sometimes not well sheltered. But the way the story is told makes you feel like it was the most normal thing in the world not to have anything to eat or a roof over your head. It is told in a light-hearted manner, as if she had forgiven her parents for her childhood.
It is a beautiful, yet sad biography of a little girl.
It is a beautiful, yet sad biography of a little girl.
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Jeannette Walls raconte son enfance américaine cahotique rhytmée par les nombreux déménagements de sa famille aux quatre coins du pays. Avec ses deux soeurs et son frère Brian dont elle était très proche, ils ont vécu les nuits sous les étoiles dans le désert, l'abondance puis la pénurie au point qu'ils devaient trouver leur nourriture dans les poubelles ; ils ont supporté l'apathie de la mère face à l'alcoolisme de leur père.
Mon sentiment était double : J'ai ressenti du dégoût pour ces parents incapables de subvenir aux besoins de tous, des gens indignes qui imposaient la marginalité à leurs enfants mais en même temps, il y avait beaucoup d'amour et leurs valeurs de respect de la nature, d'autonomie, d'ouverture aux autres sont louables...
Une lecture passionnante !
Mon sentiment était double : J'ai ressenti du dégoût pour ces parents incapables de subvenir aux besoins de tous, des gens indignes qui imposaient la marginalité à leurs enfants mais en même temps, il y avait beaucoup d'amour et leurs valeurs de respect de la nature, d'autonomie, d'ouverture aux autres sont louables...
Une lecture passionnante !
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