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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
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    The Return

    Victoria Hislop

Glass Castle: A Memoir

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Publisher Comments:

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.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781417777891
Subtitle:
A Memoir
Publisher:
San Val
Author:
Walls, Jeannette
Subject:
Editors, Journalists, Publishers
Subject:
Dysfunctional Families
Subject:
Childhood Memoir
Publication Date:
January 2006
Binding:
Prebound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
780x520x100 80
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