Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. She currently lives in rural Virginia with her husband.Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Her works include her bestselling memoir, The Glass Castle, as well as The Silver Star, Half Broke Horses, and the novel Hang the Moon. Jeannette Walls is an author and former journalist. Movie Trailer for The Glass Castle (2017) She had her addictions and one of them was reading. I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes. I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more. Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that. You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves.

Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. 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.

Audiobook Length: 10 hours and 25 minutes

The glass castle a memoir