tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post2298928092229095056..comments2024-03-28T04:30:40.483-05:00Comments on Lit and Life: The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-12932314223289666052011-02-26T12:22:50.206-06:002011-02-26T12:22:50.206-06:00This book sounds so thought-provoking. I didn'...This book sounds so thought-provoking. I didn't realize it was so... intense in content? Such selfish people really get no sympathy from me, yet I do want to read this one.Athirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366654538383603004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-84226395410872028672011-02-25T11:10:42.896-06:002011-02-25T11:10:42.896-06:00Sounds like a difficult book, but it is nice to se...Sounds like a difficult book, but it is nice to see that she came out of this childhood okay. Seems like there's a bit of hope amid all the depressing stuff.Annahttp://diaryofaneccentric.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-33657319747356022142011-02-24T20:15:06.784-06:002011-02-24T20:15:06.784-06:00My book club read this book. It was painful to rea...My book club read this book. It was painful to read. It was a little to close to home for me having also been raised by a bi-polar mother and a disengaged father who were also fiscally irresponsible. If found it difficult to finish. But it was one of the best discussions we ever had. Excellent job of reviewing this challenging book.Vicki @ Grams Made Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830960886130900689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-28553456224882741152011-02-24T19:37:50.704-06:002011-02-24T19:37:50.704-06:00I loved this book, and somehow I am drawn to books...I loved this book, and somehow I am drawn to books about dysfunctional families...weird I know.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-48853221409831109912011-02-23T23:00:36.872-06:002011-02-23T23:00:36.872-06:00This book brings out soooo many emotions, and that...This book brings out soooo many emotions, and that is one of the reasons it was one of my favorite books ever. Top rated memoir. Hard to read, yes. Worthwhile? Absolutely! And proof that living a difficult life does not always doom one to failure. You did a fabulous job on this review of an excellent book!terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095349422849979251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-30949477126128131712011-02-23T21:00:34.490-06:002011-02-23T21:00:34.490-06:00Like Ti, I'm amazed at the author's lack o...Like Ti, I'm amazed at the author's lack of bitterness. Had the book had a different tone (that "oh woe is me" tone), I wouldn't have liked it so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-60456597474888309452011-02-23T19:09:47.777-06:002011-02-23T19:09:47.777-06:00Excellent review but not a book I will be reading ...Excellent review but not a book I will be reading anytime soon. Some themes are just too much for me to handle.Jenny Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077659644092707107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-9771119151721919232011-02-23T15:59:28.065-06:002011-02-23T15:59:28.065-06:00This book blew my mind. I don't know what was...This book blew my mind. I don't know what was more stunning, the way the parents "raised" the kids or that the kids turned out to do as well as they did given the circumstances. But it is one of the best memoirs I have ever read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-45060820624940462502011-02-23T12:16:54.813-06:002011-02-23T12:16:54.813-06:00Are the children who they are today because of or ...Are the children who they are today because of or inspite of how they were raised. They could have easily become what their parents were. I definitely wouldn't use their ideas of parenting...even if I knew my kid would turn out to be some genius. It makes me wonder if the kids, now as adults, have nightmares...or what other areas of their lives have been negatively effected. I don't know...I'm going to start this book really soon for my own book club. But this book brings up a lot about suffering and adversity. Lots of stuff to think about. Great review!Heather G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18051840056392247706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-2764087788822341462011-02-23T10:49:16.494-06:002011-02-23T10:49:16.494-06:00Lisa, I can imagine how hard it must have been for...Lisa, I can imagine how hard it must have been for you to read this. Not an easy read by any stretch of the imagination.<br /><br />I read this last year sometime, though it is not the sort of thing I normally read. Something about it made me break my rule. (I'm not one for harrowing memoirs.) Anyway, it is an amazing story of strength through incredible adversity. How these kids even survived as long as they did is a testimony to their inner strength and fortitude and intelligence. Not to mention: the vagaries of fate. <br /><br />I wanted those parents thrown in jail and the keys lost. What dreadful people! I don't like it so much when I get this angry reading a book. I am an artist myself and I remember, occasionally, while raising my own daughter, moments when I would get lost in my work and have to be dragged back to reality. But you know, this only took a few seconds - I was never that sunk in my own world that I would<br />ignore the realities of motherhood.<br /><br />I just want to give Jeanette Walls the biggest hug.<br /><br />Jeez, this book make me mad. But I still recommend it for the superb, though ultimately heartbreaking, memoir that it is.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-73438759399161005342011-02-23T09:48:15.067-06:002011-02-23T09:48:15.067-06:00It's a tough book to read for a lot of reasons...It's a tough book to read for a lot of reasons. It's amazing to me that the author didn't become bitter over the entire experience. Sometimes I think age plays a bigger role than you think. I know with my parents I remembered all the "not so glamourous" details of our nomadic life, but my sister blocked the entire 8 years out of her mind. She can't remember any of it.Tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926060806244061354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-63128958568978632392011-02-23T09:24:57.472-06:002011-02-23T09:24:57.472-06:00I had a very hard time reading this book (pre-blog...I had a very hard time reading this book (pre-blogging, for book club), but this is the post I would have written. Well done...JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-53490702697929842892011-02-23T09:13:21.813-06:002011-02-23T09:13:21.813-06:00I have this book on my shelf, and am afraid to pic...I have this book on my shelf, and am afraid to pick it up because I think it would really anger me. I know that the author is really forgiving of her parents and that she doesn't hold any grudges, but I don't really know if I can say the same. Great review, by the way.Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-10991526892076035382011-02-23T07:25:59.784-06:002011-02-23T07:25:59.784-06:00What I remember most about this book is liking the...What I remember most about this book is liking the short chapters.Tashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06131924592639030353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-4944089186162537682011-02-23T06:55:02.171-06:002011-02-23T06:55:02.171-06:00Very nice review. My book club read this and had,...Very nice review. My book club read this and had, as a whole, essentially the exact same reaction as you did!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.com