Walls recounts a nomadic childhood of poverty and neglect under her brilliant, alcoholic father and free-spirited mother, and her escape from their chaos to build a stable life in New York.
Books mentioned in The Glass Castle (6)
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck: “I loved The Grapes of Wrath, Lord of the Flies, and especially A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.”
Lord of the Flies by William Golding: “I loved The Grapes of Wrath, Lord of the Flies, and especially A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.”
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith: “I loved The Grapes of Wrath, Lord of the Flies, and especially A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.”
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: “my very favorite was Black Beauty”
The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien: “Fantasy and science fiction dazzled her, especially The Lord of the Rings.”
Poem on His Birthday by Dylan Thomas: “Heaven that never was Nor will be ever is always true Dylan Thomas, "Poem on His Birthday"”