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This memoir is astounding...not only in what the author has lived through, but also in her attitude towards what she endured. Such a spirit! Such compassion!! Jeannette Walls has displayed a rare courage in writing about her tumultuous, uprooted, and unstable childhood. Raised in a dysfunctional family by incomprehensibly selfish parents, Ms. Walls manages to triumph and set a productive, healthy course for her life. She engagingly depicts the conflicts she has of simultaneous love and dread, sympathy and compassion for her parents. Sometimes I just wanted to shake some sense into all of them, and other times I just wanted to wrap everyone of them in my arms and hug it all better. What a roller coaster ride of emotions!
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I read this book when it first came out (pre-movie) and loooooooved it! I sat down and literally didn't get up until I'd read it straight through. I got so incredibly emotionally wrapped up in the beautiful main character of the book, and rooted for her the entire way. I just had to find out how her story ended.
Thankfully, it concluded with some resolution to her plight, and she was a stronger, even more beautiful person who was headed in a positive direction. The first person writing is phenomenal and really makes you feel like you're experiencing everything as it unfolds. A real treasure of a book.
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
jsmonkeys, January 11, 2011
This memoir is astounding...not only in what the author has lived through, but also in her attitude towards what she endured. Such a spirit! Such compassion!! Jeannette Walls has displayed a rare courage in writing about her tumultuous, uprooted, and unstable childhood. Raised in a dysfunctional family by incomprehensibly selfish parents, Ms. Walls manages to triumph and set a productive, healthy course for her life. She engagingly depicts the conflicts she has of simultaneous love and dread, sympathy and compassion for her parents. Sometimes I just wanted to shake some sense into all of them, and other times I just wanted to wrap everyone of them in my arms and hug it all better. What a roller coaster ride of emotions!(6 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)
Precious (Push Movie Tie-In Edition) (Random House Movie Tie-In Books) by Sapphire
jsmonkeys, January 10, 2010
I read this book when it first came out (pre-movie) and loooooooved it! I sat down and literally didn't get up until I'd read it straight through. I got so incredibly emotionally wrapped up in the beautiful main character of the book, and rooted for her the entire way. I just had to find out how her story ended.Thankfully, it concluded with some resolution to her plight, and she was a stronger, even more beautiful person who was headed in a positive direction. The first person writing is phenomenal and really makes you feel like you're experiencing everything as it unfolds. A real treasure of a book.
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