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Tiger Beer
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 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:52 am Post subject: The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls |
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| Anyone read this book? I just finished it, and one of the more memorable books I've read recently. |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| My girlfriend read it, it's still lying about. Is it worth a read? I didn't get that good an impression of it, but may have judged the proverbial book by its cover. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| yes, I sold a copy on here a while back. it's a good read! not something you forget about a couple of weeks later. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| My girlfriend read it, it's still lying about. Is it worth a read? I didn't get that good an impression of it, but may have judged the proverbial book by its cover. |
Certainly worth a read.
I'd agree the cover is horrible, and title looks dull. Originally I thought 'one of those books' and quickly dismissed it.
BUT...it's very much the opposite. It's very well-written, and basically about a woman who has parents who ended up homeless by choice. Rex and Rose Mary Walls....one is an alcoholic and the other an artist...they wandered all over the deserts changing towns when bills caught up to them...raising kids in the process.
The kids grow out of it, all end up living in New York City...and then the parents follow-along and end up living homeless on the streets by choice while the kids are thriving in careers, etc.
It's a well-written, very interesting read, and one of the more memorable books I've read in a long time. One of those kind of books that linger in the mind long after you've read it. |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| I got it as a secret Santa gift, and I'm loving it. |
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