WALLS: The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 2006)

Description: TITLE: The Glass Castle: A Memoir AUTHOR: Walls, Jeannette AUTHOR 2 (if applicable): n/a AUTHOR 3 (if applicable): n/a ILLUSTRATOR (if applicable): n/a PUBLISHER: Scribner / Simon & Schuster, Date: 2006 ISBN: 9780743247542 FORMAT: Paperback, 303 pages EDITION: First Edition Thus PRINTING [if applicable]: 58th Printing BOOK CONDITION: Very Good JACKET CONDITION: No Jacket (As Issued) DIMENSIONS (if available): 8.00 x 5.25 x 0.75 in. approx. KEYWORDS: Jeannette Walls, Glass Castle, Memoir, Family, DESCRIPTION: From the back cover: 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. CONDITION: Light shelf-wear to covers. Contents appear clean and unmarked. A very good, sound copy overall. FROM THE BOOKSELLER: Thank you for visiting the Dactyl Books eBay Store! We are a virtual second-hand and antiquarian reseller of books specialising in History, Science, Literature, and Mystery & Detective Fiction, but we have a little bit of everything in our stocks! We are listing new items all the time, but if you are looking for a specific title or edition, don't hesitate to send it on to us and we will be glad to check and give you an opinion on how best to find your desired title. NOTES ON EDITIONS: We use a number of resources to attempt to determine the edition of the book that we are listing. My most frequently referenced resource is Zempel and Verkler's "First Editions: A Guide to Identification," although we also use other internet sources and make comparisons with listings we find on various internet sites. We strive to be extremely careful and diligent in describing our listings, but if you receive a book and don't feel that it's quite what you ordered, please contact us through the "Contact Seller" link to see what we can do for you. To avoid the chances of this happening, if you have a question about a book or other item, or would like to see additional photos, please use the "Contact Seller" link in the item description and let us know what you need. We will do our best to answer your questions *before* any sale. TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS IN OUR LISTINGS: For your convenience, here is a list of terms and abbreviations that we commonly use in listings: IBC: Inside Back CoverIBEP: Inside Back End PaperIFC: Inside Front CoverIFEP: Inside Front End PaperText-Block: The body of the book contained between the covers. Thanks for your interest in Dactyl Books!

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Era: 1900s

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: English

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Book Title: Glass Castle : a Memoir

Number of Pages: 304 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Scribner

Publication Year: 2006

Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Women, Adult Children of Substance Abusers, Personal Memoirs, Poverty & Homelessness, General, Literary, Dysfunctional Families

Item Height: 0.9 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 9.6 Oz

Author: Jeannette Walls

Item Length: 8 in

Item Width: 5.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback