Monday, February 27, 2012

Background Information

 

To start with, The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls. Walls grew up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father. When she was older, she attended Barnard College and worked as a journalist for 20 years.

This book has been on the NY Times bestseller list for over three years and received awards such as a Christopher Award, A Books for a Better Life Award and Elle magazine's Book of the Year. On top of that it has been translated into 22 different languages and sold more than 2.5 million copies.

Walls has also written another book titled Half Broke Horses. She now lives in Virginia along with her husband, John Taylor, who is also a writer.

Information from:
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Jeannette-Walls/19723841/biography

Picture from:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,64564,00.html

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