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Izzy Bassil izzle — Well written and emotive memoirs of childhood hardship are not hard to find – what makes The Glass Castle stand out is the depth of character behind the Walls childrens’ unorthodox upbringing, and the results that the bizarre expanses of neglect and poverty wrought on Jeannette and her siblings. Pragmatic and warm, her story provokes fear, sorrow, anger, admiration, high humour and even envy… the childhood that they experienced was rich with the innovation and adventure which went hand in hand with the seemingly unacceptable situations and hardships into which the family journeyed (unavoidable is the thought that the worst of the deprivation and behaviour occurred when their parents finally insisted on calling somewhere – the worst place they had ever come to, and in spite of owning another house - ‘home’.) The stories that this journeying engendered are vivid and sometimes personally affecting; I was greatly upset that Lori, the oldest child, had been denied glasses for so long; her reaction to the realisation that everyone could naturally see what she thought so miraculous when she was given some by the school really got under my skin. Also infuriating was their father’s stealing their money, saved for a practical dream that would see both the girls, and eventually their brother on a path that would provide them with education, careers and security. Their parents’ decision to follow them and then remain essentially homeless is somehow understandable thanks to Walls’ articulate and empathetic painting of their natures, although the shock still remains at the uncovering of the worth of the ‘family land’ that Jeannette’s mother had always referred to, particularly in light of the woman’s seeming depression during the worst days of hunger, miserable cold, and damp mould. I would recommend this book to anyone who not only reads biographies but ‘On the Road’ style cross-country travelogues where character is as important as geography; Jeanette’s remembrances, coupled with a unique child’s ferocious eye for detail makes the reader feel as though they have crossed borders in one or other of the family’s ‘clunkers’, wondering if the next stop will count as ‘somewhere they’ve lived’.