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The Glass Castle de Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Autor Jeannette Walls
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 oct 2009
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 previous book was the memoir "The Glass Castle." She is married to writer John Taylor and lives in Virginia.
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ISBN-13: 9781439156964
ISBN-10: 1439156964
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 161 x 237 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:Specială
Editura: Scribner

Notă biografică

Jeannette Walls graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, has been a New York Times bestseller for more than eight years. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses, which was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.

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Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn't stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an "excitement addict." Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever.

 

Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town--and the family--Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents' betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home.

What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.

For two decades, Jeannette Walls hid her roots. Now she tells her own story. A regular contributor to MSNBC.com, she lives in New York and Long Island and is married to the writer John Taylor

Recenzii

Tragic and comic at the same time... an outrageous story, one that will break your heart
A terrific story, grippingly told
Like J.D. Salinger or Hemingway before her, Jeannette Walls has the talent of knowing exactly how to let a story tell itself
'I read The Glass Castle straight through in an evening, wearing an expression of slack-jawed amazement. Jeannette Walls has managed to balance her account with great precision; as she and her siblings did, we must both love and hate her parents
There isn't a shred of self-pity in this deeply compassionate book
Wall's journalistic bare-bones style makes for a chilling, wrenching, incredible testimony of childhood neglect
Affection, shame and guilt run side by side in this unforgettable memoir of a childhood spent ''on the skedaddle''
Funny and brilliantly written through a child's eyes, recreating a unique family life
Walls has joined the company of writers such as Mary Karr and Frank McCourt who have been able to transform their sad memories into fine art
Walls has a God-given knack for spinning a yarn, and The Glass Castle is nothing short of spectacular
Extraordinary
Each memory is more incredible than the last... That Walls recounts them so well and in such detail is our good fortune
Some people are born storytellers. Some lives are worth telling. The best memoirs happen when these two conditions converge. In The Glass Castle, they have
The Glass Castle is the kind of story that keeps you awake long after the rest of the house has fallen asleep
Utterly engaging and teeming with incident. This is a life so vividly rendered that the reader feels present at every moment
Walls has carved a story with precision and grace out of one of the most chaotic, heart-breaking childhoods... This deeply affecting memoir is a triumph in every possible way, and it does what all good books should: it affirms our faith in the human spirit