The Glass Castle Reading Order

Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle (2005) is the memoir of a childhood in extreme poverty and neglect — Jeannette Walls grew up with nomadic, eccentric, brilliant, and utterly irresponsible parents who moved the family from one desert town to another, rarely providing adequate food, heating, or stability. Her father Rex was an alcoholic genius who could explain the stars but couldn't hold a job; her mother Rose Mary was an artist who refused to conform to any expectation of motherhood. By seventeen, Jeannette had escaped to New York City. The Glass Castle spent over 261 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.