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The Glass Castle Book Review  Everyone has that one family member that’s a little crazy, but imagine what it would be like if most of your family was. At times, for Jeannette Walls, it seems she is the only sane one in the house. The Glass Castle takes the reader on the roller coaster that is her life, and on the ride, the reader travels to various different “homes” and meets many eccentric characters.  This memoir is filled with many different memories that get woven together to create Jeannette’s story. The Glass Castle makes readers feel for Jeannette and her family. Jeannette especially has to go through a lot. “You’d be destroying what makes it special,” she said “It’s the Joshua tree’s struggle that gives it its beauty.”(Walls 38). This quote that her mother said about the Joshua tree applies to Jeannette, who faces a lot of struggles throughout her life. Survival is a common theme that is spread throughout the book.This rags to riches memoir will make the reader feel for the Walls family and keep the audience guessing.