Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Format: Book Author: Walls, Jeannette, author Title: The glass castle : a memoir / Jeannette Walls. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Scribner, 2006, 2005, 2009, 2017. ©2005 Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Summary: Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family. 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. Subjects: Walls, Jeannette Children of alcoholics -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Biography Children of alcoholics -- United States -- Biography Dysfunctional families -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Biography Dysfunctional families -- United States -- Case studies Poor -- West Virginia -- Welch -- Biography Homeless persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Family relationships Genre: Autobiographies Notes: Includes a preview of the author's book : The silver star & Half broke horses in softcover edition, 2006. YALSA Alex Awards, 2006. Contents: I.Woman on the street -- II. Desert -- III. Welch -- IV. New York City -- V. Thanksgiving. LCCN: 2004058907 ISBN: 9780743247542 (softcover) 9780743247535 (hardcover) 9781435271418 (hardcover) 9781439156964 (hardcover) 9781501171581 (softcover) Other Number: 56590629 System Availability: 106 Current Holds: 1 # Local items: 106 Control Number: 308755 Call Number: 362.82/092 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 89 # System items in: 89 Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Suggestions and more Map It Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
