THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON
The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers.
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family.
The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
The Glass Castle is truly astonishing—a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.
The memoir was also made into a major motion picture from Lionsgate in 2017 starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts.
Beti
21.6.2024
Jeg er forbløffet over at barndoms- og oppveksthistorien beskrevet av forfatteren ikke inneholder spor av fordømmelse av foreldrene hennes, klager eller selvmedlidenhet. Det var en sann overlevelsesskole... selv om den av og til hadde smaken av eventyr. Tilsynelatende, til tross for dysfunksjonaliteten i denne familien og all omsorgssvikten fra foreldrenes side, var hennes barndom ikke traumatisk. Den hadde positive aspekter, først og fremst følte barna seg elsket, og foreldrene styrket deres selvfølelse, og stimulerte nysgjerrighet for verden. Det ser ut til at slike opplevelser hjemmefra formet deres karakter. Derfor er det ikke så lett å fordømme dem entydig. En flott og tankevekkende bok :)