The Glass Castle

MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON?THE NEW YORK TIMES?BESTSELLER LIST

The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers.

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing—a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.

作者簡介

珍奈特‧沃爾斯 Jeannette Walls

　　畢業於巴納學院，目前與紐約多家媒體合作，擔任新聞作家。她的回憶錄《玻璃城堡》是美國紐約時報暢銷書，上榜六年多。她也寫了兩本小說《半跛駿馬》和《銀色之星》。沃爾斯目前和作家丈夫約翰‧泰勒居住於維吉尼亞州鄉間。

　　Jeannette Walls lives in Virginia and is married to the writer John Taylor. She is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has worked at several publications, including Esquire, USA Today, and New York.