the glass castle

ok, so just about everybody thinks their parents are unhip or just downright weird. jeannette walls, on the other hand had parents waaaaaaaaaaay beyond the unconventional; jeannette, along with her 2 sisters, brother and her parents were often on the lam, escaping the evil clutches of the FBI and CIA. or at least that's what jeannette's father rex walls believed. never staying in any one place longer than a few weeks, the walls family often vanished into thin air in the middle of the night, leaving unpaid bills, pets and various belongings in their wake. setting up house in little ramshackle desert mining towns with names like superstition mountain, needles, bouse or goffs
scattered throughout the valleys of california,
arizona and nevada.

jeannette artfully, in amazing detail, reconstructs her unusual family treks across the country in "the glass castle". she deftly recalls the emptiness, hunger and hardships she and her siblings endured throughout their collective childhoods along with absolute jaw dropping stories about everyday family life. her story is absolutely enthralling and unbelieveable - especially when her parents, going through empty nest syndrome, decide to live on the streets of new york as jeannette tries to piece together a normal, everyday existence.

"the glass castle" by jeannette walls is available online at www.amazon.com.