
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls (2005)
“A woman watches her parents dumpster-dive from a Manhattan taxi and realizes she has spent her whole life ashamed of the people who made her.”
EraContemporary Memoir
Pages288
Difficulty★☆☆☆☆ Accessible
AP Appearances4
familypovertyresilienceeducationforgivenessself-inventiondysfunctionlovemiddle-schoolHigh SchoolAP English
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