The Glass Castle

I literally stumbled across this book on someone else's night table. The back cover was enough to make me go buy it and read it all in the same day.

Written by Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle is the story of growing up with parents unlike any other. Her father and mother refused to live a normal life, always moving from one town to the next, always one step ahead of bill collectors, and never allowing their children to become truly settled or accepted.

The book is filled with stories and anecdotes that I'm sure most of us have never experienced, and especially not at the hands of our own parents - and yet Walls conveys nothing but love and possibly admiration for her parents throughout the book. After finishing the book - half of me was appalled at the parents' behavior, and the other half wanted to experience a childhood that was as exciting and filled with adventures as hers.