The Glass Castle should be on your reading list. It is the story of Jeannette Walls and her unique family, written by Walls herself. It is unlike anything I have ever read before and certainly lends itself to support the old adage "Truth is stranger than fiction." I grew up in a household that few of my friends could completely comprehend and while this book often reminded me of my often bizarre childhood/teenage years, Walls' life outshines mine for sure. And I am OK with that.
While Walls is roughly the same age as me, we grew up in a different time. Had the things that had happened to her happened today, after the burns she suffered at age three cooking her own hot dogs because her mother couldn't be bothered, CPS would've stepped in so fast there would not have been a chapter three. But life was different then and so there is a chapter four and lots more weird, sad, touching, heart-warming, and dangerous things keep on happening in the life of Walls and her siblings and her parents.
This is an amazing memoir and I am so glad that I read it. It reminds me that children are resilient, they are determined, they can forge their own paths despite the ones their parents take, and beyond all else it let me know once and for all that my family is not the craziest one out there! Phew!
Happy reading!
-Dodie
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