I just recently finished a book called The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. It was fantastic, and I'll tell you why.
This book is actually a memoir, so it is entirely nonfiction. Walls writes about her own life growing up with... interesting parents. Her father is a highly intelligent man, but also an extremely paranoid drunk who can't keep a steady job. Her mother is an artist who would much rather be painting than raising a family, and she kind of resents her children for this reason. Walls grows up moving from place to place. Her father moves from job to job, doing the 'skedaddle' as soon as the job falls through. Every place they live is usually run down and not fit for people to live in. As she gets older, this lifestyle becomes less and less of an adventure, as her mother describes it.
My quick little summary of this book is not exactly illustrating just how shocking the whole thing was! It really made me appreciate what I have been given, the lifestyle my parents have made available to me. There was some serious neglect going on in that book... but it was never overly depressing. Some parts of the book were sad, yes. But it showed how Walls made her way out of the homeless, somewhat nomadic lifestyle and into a settled, successful career as an author.
I suggest you ALL read this book. It's an easy read, and the pages almost turn themselves. =)
That's what the book looks like, in case you actually want to take my suggestion. =) Let me know if you have already read this book, if you plan on reading it... or if you think it looks like it sucks! I wanna hear it all. Also, I need some book recommendations... Without sunshine or books, my summer is incredibly lame.
Looooove. =) BYE!
