The Glass Castle

出版者:Scribner Book Compan

作者:Jeannette Walls

页数:288

出版时间:2006-1-31

价格:GBP 12.78

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780743247542

图书标签:传记英文原版Jeannette_WallsMemoir原版biography美国生活美国

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The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing -- a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar, but loyal, family. Jeannette Walls has a story to tell, and tells it brilliantly, without an ounce of self-pity.

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成长自不能再怪异的家庭--酗酒的父亲，有教育学位却一心梦想成为艺术家的母亲，Jeannette用超脱幽默的口吻写成的自传。

父母啊子女啊，是一辈子都躲不过的劫。人们各自笃定的原则、价值，都在亲情面前和解，所谓的，人生的劫数吧。

You will still have your star.

怎么会有这样的父母？welch之前也一直很苦，但还是觉得可能会越来越好的那种苦，可是忽然急转直下到底。人可能就是在这种成长过程变strong的吧。坚持了自己的选择就是strong。比如在senior hs坚持去ny，在Qz的钱被dad偷走后重头开始攒。及其eccentric父母也有值得肯定的一点点：比如adventure的乐观精神，指定star作为christmas礼物，教授各种知识，妈妈在各种时候都守着那块地，买没用的质量好的东西提高self esteem。这些也都很重要。lucky me先读了half broke horse，但是想不通partenting，lily在生存方面很厉害但女儿怎么会这样？基因？母亲过于强势？拥有价值百万的土地却过这样的日子也是醉了。homless也许是个选择吧

一本读着让人感觉是小说的自传。社会底层家庭小孩儿的逃离和成长。