I first read Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle several years ago (I reviewed it and its semi-prequel, Half Broke Horses, in one of the first Words From The Sowul posts). I still think about it a lot; I find it on my mind much more than other books I read during the same period. Beyond […]
the glass castle
The Glass Castle/ Half Broke Horses
I think I’ve mentioned a few times that I really enjoy memoirs. The two that I’ve profiled so far have been celebrity memoirs, but I also enjoy reading about average folk: hairdressers, unemployed Prada lovers, the formerly overweight. “Average,” though, hardly applies to the characters in Jeannette Walls’ memoir/novels, The Glass Castle and Half Broke […]