He simply picked up and moved on when he did not like the situation. One night simply picked her up and stole her away against medical advice. However, her father no longer thought she belonged there. There was television and all the nurses were very nice to her. Jeannette enjoyed the hospital because it was so clean. Jeannette's mother took her to the hospital for treatment despite her father's protests. Jeannette was three when she burned herself boiling hotdogs for her lunch. The Glass Castle is an astonishing memoir that will leave the reader both stunned by the tragic circumstances of Jeannette's childhood and awed by her strength. Jeannette tells her story in a straightforward fashion that is not touched with anger or self-pity, belying events that often shock her readers with her almost innocent presentation of the facts. She tells how they refused to conform to society's ideas of responsibility, leaving their children to fend for themselves for even the most basic of needs, such as food and shelter. Jeannette writes about her unique childhood, sharing her fond memories of her father and mother. The Glass Castle is a memoir written by journalist, Jeannette Walls.
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