The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is an engaging book that should be read over the summer. It’s a memoir based on how she describes her unconventional and eventful life. Walls was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Rex and Rose-Mary Walls, along with three other siblings. The Walls family had never had any steady course of income or a home. This would contribute to Jeannette Walls childhood being unlike any other. However, after her junior year in high school Walls decided to live with her older city in the big apple. It was here that she would begin her career as a journalist. Eventually, Even with all her handicaps she made it up all the way through college, becoming a well known author of three successful books.
In the beginning of the memoir walls and her family inhabit one of the plentiful mining towns in the western United States. Her family would never stay in one location for very long. Walls Role model was her father. Even when it seemed like the rest
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Behavior like this can be found throughout many places of her work, especially during the Welch saga. More specifically, When the family lived in an apartment in Welch that was well below average trying to fix up the place. “We kids tried patching the roof on our own with tar paper, tinfoil, wood and Elmers glue”.Each of the wall siblings worked together and had each others back getting accustomed to the new living situation that was subsequently forced upon them by their parents. The very fact that Walls work is a memoir adds to the immersive feeling you get when you read through each and every page. It’s almost as if through her immersive writing and imagery you can relate to what she’s saying even though you have never experienced it for yourself. The alcoholic freakouts, deteriorating living conditions, brushes with fire at a young age, Setting change, and more. All through the eyes of one author. It really is an