Memior

I was doing some reading and I came across the book The Glass Castle. I hated it. I didn’t actually hate the book, I hated the way the parents treated their kids. This book is told through the eyes of a little girl in the early 1960’s. It was about how her and her 2 siblings grew up, got flung out of the car, moved from city to city, slept in the same bed, ate nothing for days on end and it was okay. As long as they had each other they were going to be okay. This is Jeannette Walls’ memoir. I had to look up memoir just to make sure that this was actually a true story. I was just in awe in how the parents would treat these kids. I understand that being in “lower class” back then would have been very hard to live through. I would consider myself middle class and it does get hard. I don’t think money is so important you turn to alcohol and drown yourself to not have to deal with your problems. I would think that would make it worse. I could understand a few drinks just as a stress reliever but not enough to abuse your wife and kids. What I was impressed with, though, the kids stayed together, were there for each other, and even kept their father in line. It was her birthday and it was around a time when her dad was big into drinking. He asked her “what do you want for your birthday?” and she told him she wanted him to quit drinking. That was the most touching part of the book for me. Overall I was very interested and loved The Glass Castle.