{"id":793,"date":"2021-04-27T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westmeathlibrary.com\/?p=793"},"modified":"2022-08-12T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T13:04:47","slug":"kathleen-reviews-the-glass-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westmeathculture.ie\/library-blog\/kathleen-reviews-the-glass-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen reviews The Glass Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kathleen from Athlone Library reviews The Glass Castle by <strong>Jeannette Walls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a memoir of a successful journalist's journey from the deserted mining towns of the American Southwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeanette\u2019s father was an intelligent man, but was an alcoholic unable to support his family. Her mother was an Artist,&nbsp; in her own world, and was not very domesticated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeannette grew up in a very dysfunctional family moving to different places at the drop of a pin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This &nbsp;book is filled with a lot of emotions, sexual abuse, poverty and neglect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were four children in her family and at times they had a very exciting life as they lived like nomads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason&nbsp;I liked this book so much is it was a true story. It was sad and funny at the same time. Most of all the children managed to rise above it all and make a successful career for themselves and now live in new York.&nbsp;It also made me realise how lucky we are, and made me appreciate even more what we have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Glass Castle is now a major motion picture staring Brie Larson, Naomi Watts and Woody Harrelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWestmeathLibraries%2Fvideos%2F243963680808483%2F&show_text=false&width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>We are currently closed due to COVID-19 restriction, but once we re-open you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/librariesireland.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/search\/C__Sglass%20castle__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def\">request this book from your local library<\/a><\/em>. 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