The glass castle :
by Walls, Jeannette. frey50
Edition statement:1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. Published by : Scribner, (New York :) , 2006 Physical details: 288 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN:074324754X (pbk.); 9780743247542 (pbk.); 0743247531; 9780743247535.
Subject(s):
Walls, Jeannette.
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Children of alcoholics
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United States
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Children of alcoholics
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West Virginia
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Welch
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Problem families
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United States
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Problem families
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West Virginia
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Welch
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Poor
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West Virginia
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Welch
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Homeless persons
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Family relationships
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New York (State)
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New York.
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In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family. The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.