𝖂𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝕯𝖆𝖉 𝖜𝖆𝖘𝖓’𝖙 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖚𝖘 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖟𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖉 𝖆𝖑𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖞 𝖉𝖔𝖓𝖊, 𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖚𝖘 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖌𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖔. 𝕷𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖇𝖚𝖎𝖑𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕲𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖘 𝕮𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖑𝖊.
𝕬𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝕯𝖆𝖉’𝖘 𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖐𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖎𝖚𝖘 𝖜𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔𝖌𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖎𝖓 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖎𝖆𝖑 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖏𝖊𝖈𝖙…
Reading this memoir is an experience. I have read this book for twice already, once when I was in college and once after graduation. But then I watched the adaptation for the first time yesterday, and then after getting teary-eyed at the ending, I said what the heck, and reread it again for the third time.
(Btw please read the book even if you have watched the film already. The film was true to the story, but of course it’s shortened, so the memorable lines are all mixed-up).
The Glass Castle evoked raw emotions in me, and I find myself rooting for the Walls children every single time. Knowing this is a true story magnified them even more.
Jeannette Walls wrote this memoir in an almost-unsentimental prose, in a way that you know that she had the memories seared in her heart, but now could speak of them casually because she had already reconciled herself with all that her family had gone through.
Her story is a testament for human resilience and the adage “Blood us thicker than water.” It always has a way of opening my heart up — to pain, love & understanding… 🥺
But no matter what I say, I could never do this book justice.
So, let me just recommend this book
* to anyone who ever believed in his/her father and was disillusioned,
* to anybody who dealt or is presently dealing with alcoholism,
* and to everyone who has had conflicted feelings for his/her family members.
ᴴᵉ ᵗᵒˡᵈ ᵐᵉ ᴵ ʷᵃˢ ʰⁱˢ ᶠᵃᵛᵒʳⁱᵗᵉ ᶜʰⁱˡᵈ, ᵇᵘᵗ ʰᵉ ᵐᵃᵈᵉ ᵐᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵐⁱˢᵉ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵗᵉˡˡ ᴸᵒʳⁱ ᵒʳ ᴮʳⁱᵃⁿ ᵒʳ ᴹᵃᵘʳᵉᵉⁿ. ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵒᵘʳ ˢᵉᶜʳᵉᵗ.” ᴵ ˢʷᵉᵃʳ, ʰᵒⁿᵉʸ, ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ᵗⁱᵐᵉˢ ʷʰᵉⁿ ᴵ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵏ ʸᵒᵘ’ʳᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒⁿˡʸ ᵒⁿᵉ ᵃʳᵒᵘⁿᵈ ʷʰᵒ ˢᵗⁱˡˡ ʰᵃˢ ᶠᵃⁱᵗʰ ⁱⁿ ᵐᵉ,” ʰᵉ ˢᵃⁱᵈ. “ᴵ ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ʷʰᵃᵗ ᴵ’ᵈ ᵈᵒ ⁱᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵉᵛᵉʳ ˡᵒˢᵗ ⁱᵗ.” ᴵ ᵗᵒˡᵈ ʰⁱᵐ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᴵ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ˡᵒˢᵉ ᶠᵃⁱᵗʰ ⁱⁿ ʰⁱᵐ. ᴬⁿᵈ ᴵ ᵖʳᵒᵐⁱˢᵉᵈ ᵐʸˢᵉˡᶠ ᴵ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ.
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