Glass Castle

Tragic and comic at the same time... an outrageous story, one that will break your heart ― Sunday Independent

A terrific story, grippingly told ― Sunday Times

Like J.D. Salinger or Hemingway before her, Jeannette Walls has the talent of knowing exactly how to let a story tell itself ― Sunday Independent

'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 ― Spectator

There isn't a shred of self-pity in this deeply compassionate book ― Marie Claire

Wall's journalistic bare-bones style makes for a chilling, wrenching, incredible testimony of childhood neglect ― Kirkus Reviews

Affection, shame and guilt run side by side in this unforgettable memoir of a childhood spent ''on the skedaddle'' ― Woman and Home

Funny and brilliantly written through a child's eyes, recreating a unique family life ― Evening Herald

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 ― People

Walls has a God-given knack for spinning a yarn, and The Glass Castle is nothing short of spectacular ― Entertainment Weekly

Extraordinary ― Time

Each memory is more incredible than the last... That Walls recounts them so well and in such detail is our good fortune ― Plain Dealer

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 ― New York Newsday

The Glass Castle is the kind of story that keeps you awake long after the rest of the house has fallen asleep ― Vogue

Utterly engaging and teeming with incident. This is a life so vividly rendered that the reader feels present at every moment ― Express

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 ― Dani Shapiro