Book Beginnings
is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader.
Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.
You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!
is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader.
Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.
You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!
I was sitting in a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for
the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a
Dumpster.
Title: The Glass Castle
Author: Jeannette Walls
Genre: Non-Fiction/Autobiography/Memior
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.
My Thoughts
I would recommend this book to everyone!
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