The Glass Castle

I really like this book. I like reading about all the different adventures that the Walls family had and I like hearing about a family that was completley different from all the others. In my opinion Jeanette's mother and father are very free spirited and look at the world differently then anyone else. They give their children freedom so they learn from their mistakes and teach them life lessons that build them up to be strong, independent, brave, and caring. In the eyes of another, Mr. & Mrs. Walls seem like complete idiots and they would get the impression that they don't care about their children or anything else. But if they lived with them and really got to know them like I have by reading this book they would realize that all their rules and teachings to their children all have good points and everything they do is based on helping their children succeed in life. In one chapter they family goes to church and the mother and children dress in ripped and dirty clothing instead of wearing fancy clothing. The mother explains that God doesn't care about your outward apperance, he only cares that you have a good inner spirit. Some of the things they do, however, I do not believe in, such as when the father drinks and then comes home to destroy things and hurt the mother. I am half way through the book and I can't wait to read about the family traveling to Welch.

Amanda*