The Glass Castle: A Memoir - Rilegato

Walls, Jeannette

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ISBN 10: 0743247531 ISBN 13: 9780743247535

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2005

Riassunto

The second child of a scholarly, alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing from the Arizona desert, to Las Vegas, to an Appalachian mining town, during which her siblings and she fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities. 40,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Jeannette Walls was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and grew up in the southwest and Welch, West Virginia. She graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York City for twenty years. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, a triumphant account of overcoming a difficult childhood with her dysfunctional but vibrant family, has been a New York Times bestseller for over three years. A publishing sensation around the world, The Glass Castle has sold more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S. and has been translated into twenty-two languages. Walls is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Christopher Award for helping to "affirm the highest values of the human spirit,” as well as the American Library Association’s Alex Award, and the Books for Better Living Award. The Glass Castle was chosen as Elle magazine's book of the year. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.

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Book by Walls Jeannette

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743247531
• ISBN 13: 9780743247535
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288