TY  - SOUND
AU  - Walls,Jeannette
AU  - Gibson,Julia
TI  - The Glass Castle
SN  - 1419341049
AV  - HV5132 .W35 2005d
U1  - 362.82/092B 22
CY  - Prince Frederick, Md.
PB  - Recorded Books
KW  - Walls, Jeannette.
KW  - Children of alcoholics
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - West Virginia
KW  - Welch
KW  - Dysfunctional families
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Poor
KW  - Homeless persons
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Audiobooks
N1  - In container (17 cm.); Title from container; "Unabridged Memoir"--Container; "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container; Compact disc; Performed by Julia Gibson; Issued also on cassette
N2  - Jeannette Walls tells the story about her childhood. She talks about living like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Retreating to the dismal West Virginia mining town--and the family-- her father, Rex Walls, had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents' betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home
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