jeanette's favorite book in the glass castle was jeannette walls.
jeanette's favorite book in the glass castle was jeannette walls.
what was jeanette's favorite book in the glass castle?
jeannette walls
in "the new york times book review", critic and novelist francine prose wrote, "what's best is the deceptive ease with which walls makes us see just how she and her siblings were convinced that their turbulent life was a glorious adventure. in one especially lovely scene, rex takes his daughter to look at the starry desert sky and persuades her that the bright planet venus is his christmas gift to her. even as she describes how their circumstances degenerated, how her mother sank into depression and how hunger and cold — and rex's increasing irresponsibility, dishonesty and abusiveness — made it harder to pretend, walls is notably evenhanded and unjudging...'the glass castle' falls short of being art, but it's a very good memoir. at one point, describing her early literary tastes, walls mentions that 'my favorite books all involved people dealing with hardships.' and she has succeeded in doing what most writers set out to do — to write the kind of book they themselves most want to read."
the glass castle
[flashback] after an angry confrontation with his mother, rex moves his family to an abandoned house in the wilderness of upstate new york. jeanette is skeptical of the new dwelling, but rex promises her he will build her the glass castle in the backyard one day. everyday, they work hard to build the foundation of the glass castle. one day, when they haven't eaten in 3 days, they get angry and question their parents about when they can finally eat. rex then takes all the saved money and promises to bring back a feast. instead, he spends it on alcohol and gets into a fight. during the night, rex promises jeanette that he will stop drinking. he ties himself to his bed for a few days to avoid any booze in a violent withdrawal. it succeeds, and rex lands a job as a construction worker. that year, they have their first enjoyable christmas with good food. that night during christmas, rex brings jeanette out to pick a star for her gift. she picks the planet venus, much to the humor of the both of them.
the glass castle (2017 film)