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The Glass Castle: a memoir
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.
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Book Recommendation of the Month
The Glass Castle: a memoir
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.
a.k.a. (Also Known As): Sometimes authors choose to write under another name.
Check out this directory for pen names, pseudonyms, nicknames, etc.
AllReaders: Features book and movie reviews and uniquely offers searching by plot, themes
and main characters.
Book Page: Digital edition of popular publication with book reviews, authors, interviews, and
access to archived issues.
Book Reporter: Book reviews, author bibliographies, weekly newsletters, and blogs.
Fantastic Fiction: Listings of new books and new authors, complete with author bibliographies,
great for browsing series.
Goodreads: Recommendations based on titles and genres that you have enjoyed in the past
and opportunities to join a book sharing network with friends.
Lit Lovers: LitResources offers book reviews and reading guides and LitClub has great resources
for starting a book club complete with reading and book discussion guides.
NSPL Pinterest: Reviews submitted by active readers who participate in North Smithfield Public Library
book clubs and virtual book discussions.
Novelist: Information on over 250,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles. Use the popular "Author Read-alikes"
tool to find books you might enjoy reading, and more.
Librarian Reader's Advisory: Reading suggestion lists categorized by different genres and titles, offered by North Smithfield Librarian.
What Should I Read Next: Enter a book you have enjoyed, and the site analyses a database of
real readers’ favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next.
