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Glass Castle: A Memoir

ISBN13: 9781417777891
ISBN10: 1417777893
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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.

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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:: 7.80x5.20x1.00 in. .80 lbs.

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