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The Glass CastleJeannette Walls' spellbinding memoir of her childhood has become a national sensation, tranforming millions of readers around the country.Read More
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Half Broke HorsesFrom the author of The Glass Castle, a spellbinding true-life novel about Walls' grandmother--horse trainer, teacher, flapper, rancher, and pilot.Read More
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Canton Repository, November 12, 2009
...invites readers to join in a discussion of the One Book, One Community choice, “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls. Published in 2005, “The Glass Castle,” Ms. Walls’ memoirs of being raised in a dysfunctional family, was on the New York Times...
Canton Repository, November 6, 2009
...Public Librarys Adult Book Discussion Group will discuss the One Book, One Community choice, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls on Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in the librarys second floor meeting room. This program is free and open to the public. The library is...
Metronews, November 2, 2009
...Half Broke Horses Author: Jeannette Walls Publisher: Scribner Price: $34 (Hardcover) American journalist Jeannette Walls rose to global acclaim with her 2005 memoir, The Glass Castle, a reflection on the pain she suffered at the...
Individual.com, October 29, 2009
...Wherever Jeannette Walls traveled to promote her 2005 memoir The Glass Castle -- and with more than 2 million copies sold she made plenty of stops -- fans would inevitably ask about...
Gloversville Leader-Herald, October 21, 2009
...Book discussion Foss said the library will host a book discussion on 'The Glass Castle: A Memoir' by Jeannette Walls at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 20. Police matters First Ward Councilwoman Cynthia Lakata reported the city Police Department in September had 872...
Washington Post, October 17, 2009
...HALF BROKE HORSES A True-Life Novel By Jeannette Walls Scribner. 272 pp. $26 It's a rare family memoir that packs all the power of a Charles Dickens novel. The adults must be as cruel as they are...
The List, October 16, 2009
...mum struggling to cope with having two babies in quick succession and beginning to harbour murderous thoughts. Orion. Jeannette Walls Half Broke Horses Based on the true life of the author?s maternal gran, it focuses on a woman who leaves home at 15 to...
Cleveland Live, October 11, 2009
...he was dragged by a horse for twenty-four miles." A century ago, not much intimidated Lily, either. Jeannette Walls bases her first novel, "Half Broke Horses," on the life of her grandmother, once again proving that the combination of gifted storyteller...
USA Today, October 7, 2009
...Readers often judge books by their covers, for better or worse. Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls' book about her grandmother Lily Casey Smith, is subtitled 'A True-Life Novel,' which presented challenges. Editors and designers went through several...
Culpepper Star Exponent, October 6, 2009
...Culpeper author Jeannette Walls? ?Half Broke Horses? hits bookstores today. The book can be purchased at cornershelfbookstore.com for $26. Book Review - Allison Brophy Champion/Community Columnist, » 0 Comments| Post a Comment...
Individual.com, October 6, 2009
...Casey Smith (1901-68) rules the unbridled West in "Half Broke Horses," a horse lover's novel by Jeannette Walls based on the true-life travels of her grandmother, a pioneering American. Publisher Simon and Schuster says...
News Sentinel, September 12, 2009
...this segment of Fort Wayne's history. ?Besides the ?Embassy' book, I recently read ?The Glass Castle,' by Jeannette Walls, which explains a life I could not have imagined. Her nomadic, homeless childhood, led by brilliant but unstable parents,...
Reader's Digest, September 12, 2009
...Hartlove Walls at home in Virginia with one of her animals. Just before The Glass Castle came out, Jeannette Walls remembers thinking, My story is terrifying. Nobody?s going to get it. But the public ?got? the mesmerizing tale of her hardscrabble...
Lafayette Daily Advertiser, September 6, 2009
...expects the biggest fall lineup in recent memory to 'lift the entire industry.' The lineup includes: n Sequels. Jeannette Walls' Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (Oct. 6), Eoin Colfer's And Another Thing Part 6 of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to...
13WMAZ, September 5, 2009
...comes at the expense of another. The big names soak up the attention.' The fall lineup includes: ?Sequels: Jeannette Walls' Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (Oct. 6), Eoin Colfer's And Another Thing ... Part 6 of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to...
Star Press, September 4, 2009
...who expects the biggest fall lineup in recent memory to 'lift the entire industry.'The lineup includes: Sequels. Jeannette Walls' Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (Oct. 6), Eoin Colfer's And Another Thing Part 6 of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide...
KVUE News Online, September 4, 2009
...of the Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin and author of the soon-to-be-released The Year of the Flood; Jeannette Walls, author of the best-selling memoir The Glass Castle and the forthcoming novel Half Broke Horses; and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen...
USA Today, September 2, 2009
...comes at the expense of another. The big names soak up the attention.' The fall lineup includes: "Sequels: Jeannette Walls' Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (Oct. 6), Eoin Colfer's And Another Thing & Part 6 of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to...
Concord Monitor, August 25, 2009
...debate or calls up the past in other ways. The Glass Castle, a memoir of her childhood by Jeannette Walls, generated strong feelings in one group about whether the quality of parenting could be better measured by how children are treated or by how they...
Daily Beacon Online, August 19, 2009
...issue Freshmen and faculty gathered Monday morning for a presentation by author Jeannette Walls on her book, 'The Glass Castle.' Walls' book was selected as the class of 2013's Life of the Mind book for its characters' struggles with this year's...
New Jersey Herald, August 13, 2009
...their inevitable end. Sparta's 'a tale for one city' summer reading choice is 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls, a 2005 bestselling memoir. If the number of copies going around are any indication, there are dozens, perhaps hundreds, reading the book...
ReadingGroupGuides.com, August 12, 2009
...of Richmond The Front by Patricia Cornwell - John Jay College of Criminal Justice The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - Eastern Kentucky University; University of Tennessee, Knoxville The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - Cornell University The Green...
Washington Post, August 4, 2009
...a Victorian-era children's book author isn't as perfect as it seems. -- 'Half Broke Horses,' by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, October). A 'true-life novel' from the author of 'The Glass Castle,' based on her grandmother's life...
Gazette Extra!, July 25, 2009
...Library System for a community book read. Residents can read â??Nickel and Dimedâ? and/or â??The Glass Castleâ? by Jeannette Walls and participate in discussions at local libraries this summer and fall. The group got the idea from a...
ReadingGroupGuides.com, July 17, 2009
...comments about specific titles they shared with us. 'Last month we read The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls. This book really makes you think about how resilient kids can be and how hard it is to work and overcome adversity. Even more so when...
CourierPostOnline.com, July 14, 2009
...such as poverty and mental illness. Students and community members are encouraged to read 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls. 'The idea for this was generated by the English department,' said principal Santina Haldeman. 'A few of us have read it and...
CourierPostOnline.com, July 14, 2009
...such as poverty and mental illness. Students and community members are encouraged to read 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls. 'The idea for this was generated by the English department,' said principal Santina Haldeman. 'A few of us have read it and...
NorthFortyNews, July 3, 2009
...is Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. in the library. We will be discussing 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls. This book is an outstanding memoir of the Walls children growing up in extreme poverty that was overpowered by love and resilience. If you would like to...
Observer-Dispatch, June 26, 2009
...recommended for high school seniors studying memoirs ? alongside ?Chronicles,? by Bob Dylan, and ?The Glass Castle,? by Jeannette Walls ? administrators said they offer a variety of books to suit all abilities and comfort levels. Helaine...
ReadingGroupGuides.com, June 25, 2009
...me and we could really reconnect as mother and daughter. Wrong, big time. But as Pat Conroy and Jeannette Walls guided me, onward book soldier. I have a story and it's all mine to tell and share with you. I hope you will read it! I wrote this...
ReadingGroupGuides.com, June 23, 2009
...me and we could really reconnect as mother and daughter. Wrong, big time. But as Pat Conroy and Jeannette Walls guided me, onward book soldier. I have a story and it's all mine to tell and share with you. I hope you will read it! I wrote this...
ReadingGroupGuides.com, June 20, 2009
...me and we could really reconnect as mother and daughter. Wrong, big time. But as Pat Conroy and Jeannette Walls guided me, onward book soldier. I have a story and it's all mine to tell and share with you. I hope you will read it! I wrote this...
ReadingGroupGuides.com, June 20, 2009
...me and we could really reconnect as mother and daughter. Wrong, big time. But as Pat Conroy and Jeannette Walls guided me, onward book soldier. I have a story and it's all mine to tell and share with you. I hope you will read it! I wrote this...
San Francisco Chronicle, June 14, 2009
...of secrecy in our lives and how 'admission' cuts both ways. Chef-co-owner of Jardinière 'The Glass Castle,' by Jeannette Walls (2006) An unbelievable true story that had me hooked from Page One. An engaging book that will hit home with everyone, in one...
Christian Science Monitor, June 1, 2009
...? ?The Children?s Book,? by A.S. Byatt ? ?Invisible,? by Paul Auster ? ?Half-Broke Horses,? by Jeannette Walls ? ?What the Little Dog Saw,? by Malcolm Gladwell ? ?The Big Burn,? by Timothy Egan ? ?How to Be a Movie...
PublishersWeekly.com, June 1, 2009
...them. Theres also Paul Auster [Invisible, Holt, Oct.], Nicholson Baker [The Anthologist, Simon & Schuster, Sept.], Jeannette Walls [Half-Broke Horses, Scribner, Oct.] and Barbara Kingsolver [The Lacuna, Harper, Nov.]. For nonfiction, forthcoming are...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, May 30, 2009
...rags to riches story in this expressive and heart warming memoir. At 304 pages, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, is a quick and satisfying read. Walls writes about the struggles she faced throughout her childhood. She details what it was like...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, May 29, 2009
... by Jeannette Walls A women shares her rags to riches story in this expressive and heart warming memoir. At 304 pages, , by Jeannette Walls, is a quick and satisfying read. Walls writes...
North County Times, April 22, 2009
...Group will meet next on May 11. The group will discuss 'The Glass Castle: A Memoir,' written by Jeannette Walls. The book club meets from 1 to 3 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at Temecula Public Library, 30600 Pauba Road. For information, call...
News Sentinel, April 21, 2009
...and ideals about architecture, and you will find that interesting, too. Then there?s ?The Glass Castle,? by Jeannette Walls. The opening episode has appeared in print several times because it is a grabber. And it leads to telling the story of what...
Star-Telegram, April 16, 2009
...the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller by Frances Mayes. Coming up next are The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. What they like about it: This is not a typical book club, and that?s exactly...
The Squamish Chief, April 11, 2009
...Public Library on Tuesday (April 14) from noon to 1 p.m., the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls will be reviewed. The Friends of the Library will meet at the Squamish Library on Thursday (April 16) at noon for approximately one hour. This group is...
Library Journal, April 10, 2009
...Audition, by Barbara Walters; Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult (local author); The Glass Castle: A Memoir, by Jeannette Walls; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer; In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan; The Lace Reader, by...
The Almanac.net, March 12, 2009
...For years, Jeannette Walls wrote about the lives of celebrities on MSNBC.com, in a column appropriately called 'Scoop,' and for New York magazine. She lived in New York City, rode in taxis...
Brantford Expositor, March 8, 2009
...AT YOUR LIBRARY Posted 1 day ago If you're looking for something to do this March Break look no further than the Brantford Public Library. We've got something for everyone: enjoyable programs, great new books, DVDs to enjoy with the family and the latest...
Guidry News, February 11, 2009
...Church Fellowship Hall at 5127 Ave. U in Galveston. Both programs are free and open to the public. Jeannette Walls presented her lifestory in the memoir, The Glass Castle. Everyone has a lifestory. Participants in these interactive, participatory...
Guidry News, February 4, 2009
...GALVESTON READS PROGRAM A Glass Castle on Walden Pond? This yearâ??s Galveston Reads selection, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, is justly treated as a coming-of-age story and a first-hand account of life in a dysfunctional family. Yet...
The Daily Times, January 13, 2009
...in the library. The books for the next three months are: Jan. 22 -- 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls; Feb. 26 -- 'The Taming of the Shrew' by William Shakespeare; and March 26 -- 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' by D. H. Lawrence. Please call the library...
Blogcritics.org, December 23, 2008
...more. You guys are like the on... » On Book Review: The Glass Castle - A Memoir by Jeannette Walls by chloe: ginger, your main argument is that jeannette lacks passion and emotion, and yet if you read the book...
Fort Morgan Times, December 16, 2008
...? Danielle Steele; ?Cross Country? ? James Patterson; ?Scarpetta? ? Patricia Cornwell; ?The Glass Castle: A Memoir? ? Jeannette Walls; ?The Shack? ? William P. Young; ?Your Heart Belongs to Me? ? Dean Koontz. We also have...
Canada.com, November 25, 2008
...There were times, growing up, when Jeannette Walls was so hungry she'd scavenge trash bins at school for the discarded remains of her classmates' lunches. She spent her childhood moving through grim and dusty mining towns...
Literary Lotus, October 21, 2009
...like her most recent Table Manners under the name Mia King, I'm now getting ready to interview Jeannette Walls. She's the bestselling author of the memoir The Glass Castle , which I liked so much I gave it to a friend of mine to read while traveling in...
Luxury Reading, October 19, 2009
...top 200 books. When I checked today, Kathryn Stockett's The Help was available for $12.00 and Jeannette Walls' Half Broke Horses was a mere $13.00 (both books are in hardcover). Late on Thursday, Amazon responded to Wal-Mart's challenge by matching the...
Another Chance Ranch, October 7, 2009
...Okay - who wants my copy of The Glass Castle? That's right! I read Jeannette Walls' book titled The Glass Castle. It was such a good book that I didn't want it to end. I tried reading it really slow there towards...
Even grownups have fangirl moments, October 1, 2009
...September 2009 1. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (horror) 2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (biography) 3. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (mystery/thriller) 4. Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay (mystery/thriller) 5. Dexter By Design...
Reader's Digest, September 13, 2009
...Interview by Maureen Mackey...
Reading Group Guides Blog, August 27, 2009
...reading selection. Also in this month's round-up are profiles of two authors and book club favorites --- Jeannette Walls and Kris Radish, who is appearing tonight at Border Books in Sacramento, California. The Buffalo News : Glass Castle a Window on a...
Jenn's Bookshelves, August 25, 2009
...George Pelecanos Judy Blume Patrick Carman Rick Riordan John Grisham John Irving Katherine Neville Jodi Picoult Nicholas Sparks Jeannette Walls (for a full list, visit the Library of Congress Web site ). Several local bloggers are working together to...
Jezebel, August 25, 2009
...consumerist deadspin defamer fleshbot gay fleshbot gawker gizmodo idolator io9 jalopnik jezebel kotaku lifehacker valleywag artists gawkershop sploid Jeannette Walls , author of...
Reading Group Guides Blog, August 10, 2009
...of Richmond The Front by Patricia Cornwell - John Jay College of Criminal Justice The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - Eastern Kentucky University; University of Tennessee, Knoxville The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - Cornell University The Green...
Maw Books Blog, June 8, 2009
...of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder, American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson, and Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. Congratulations girls! I haven’t drawn my winner yet for The Chosen One giveaway . Watch the comment thread (probably...
Kit's Home for Orphaned Armadillos, June 6, 2009
...On May 18th, I attended a talk by Jeannette Walls, who wrote a memoir called The Glass Castle . I had not heard of her or read her book, but I am always interested in other writers and their experiences...
Tales from the Reading Room, May 16, 2009
...Carson McCullers Elective Affinities – Goethe Personal histories Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer The Glass Castle – Jeannette Walls The Lost Child – Julie Myerson Don’t Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight – Alexandra Fuller In Translation Siddhartha –...
What Was I Reading?, May 9, 2009
...Not Rated) Nonfiction 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley (A) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (A) Why We Read What We Read by John Heath and Lisa Adams (Not Rated) Paranormal/Science Fiction The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Not Rated)...
she reads and reads, April 20, 2009
...The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova I now own the third and fourth Maisie Dobbs books; I must get my hands on the first two! What...
Reading Reflections, April 13, 2009
...Since SO many people have read and reviewed Jeannette Walls' memoir The Glass Castle, I'm going to format my review a little differently than normal. This was my choice for our April book club, and I'm going...
PalmTree Pundit, January 24, 2009
...Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon (2000) 54. Jimmy Corrigan, Chris Ware (2000) 55. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls (2006) 56. The Night Manager, John le Carré (1993) 57. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe (1987) 58. Drop City, TC Boyle...
Bookmark My Heart, January 1, 2009
...Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris 42. The Fifth Sacred Thing - Starhawk 43. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls 44. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell 45. Salvation in Death - J.D. Robb 46. The Eye of the Crow - Shane Peacock 47. December - Elizabeth Hartley...
Literary Lotus, December 11, 2008
...BEAUTIFUL WAVE by John Wythe White CANCER IS A BITCH by Gail Konop Baker THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls Eat the lotus @ literarylotus.com...
The Lipstick Chronicles, December 9, 2008
...of Lithuanians. Lots of sailors. We're not talking Pretty Woman. No,dear. However, if you've read Jeannette Walls's absolutely fabulous The Glass Castle , you'll know what I'm talking about. Anna Benderis (aka my grandmother) was Ginnie Sue Pastor. In...
