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Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls
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Jeannette Walls

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... Read full bio

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Apr 29, 2011
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Dec 15, 2010
The Glass Castle is now available in Compact Disk, eAudio
Sep 28, 2010
The Glass Castle will be released on September 28, 2010 in Compact Disk, eAudio
Sep 28, 2010
The Glass Castle will be released on September 15, 2010 in eAudio
Sep 15, 2010
The Glass Castle is now available in eAudio
Sep 15, 2010
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Sep 11, 2010
Half Broke Horses is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 07, 2010
Half Broke Horses will be released on September 07, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Sep 07, 2010
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Sep 01, 2010
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Oct 10, 2009
The Glass Castle will be released on October 06, 2009 in Hardcover
Oct 06, 2009

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Times Live South Africa, February 4, 2012
...adult books. This has happened recently in my family. I gave my 14-year-old daughter The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. She loved the memoir of life with two non-conformist, creative and charismatic but deeply dysfunctional parents. Walls's parents'...
Denver Post, January 29, 2012
...Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan, $14.95 4. Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, by Jeannette Walls, $16 5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer, $14.95 PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. Bossypants, by Tina Fey, $15.99 2. Just...
NUVO, January 27, 2012
...The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Just Kids by Patti Smith The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Book Thief by Markus Zusak...
Denver Post, January 8, 2012
...Denver on Monday for The Denver Post's Pen & Podium series. if(requestedWidth 0)} When writer Jeannette Walls' memoir "The Glass Castle" was published six years ago, she was prepared to be ostracized from her high- profile colleagues in the New York...
STLtoday.com, December 22, 2011
...5. "(Expletive) Finish First'' • Tucker Max 6. "Cleopatra'' • Stacy Schiff 7. "The Glass Castle'' • Jeannette Walls 8. "Unlikely Friendships'' • Jennifer S. Holland TRADE FICTION PAPERBACKS 1. "The Next Always'' • Nora Roberts 2. "The Help''...
Examiner.com, December 21, 2011
...Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway) Just Kids by Patti Smith (Ecco) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Knopf Books for Young Readers) The list is dominated by US writers, from Stephen King to...
Home News Tribune, December 21, 2011
...The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Just Kids by Patti Smith The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Book Thief by Markus Zusak...
Fave Read, October 14, 2011
...70 keeping women and children last -ruth sidel #71the kite runner- khaled hosseini #72 the glass castle – jeannette walls #73 the absolutely ture diary of a part time indian- sherman alexie #74 prohecy of the sisters – michelle zink #75 night runner-...
Melody & Words, October 5, 2011
...honesty and warmth of her story reminded me of one of my favorite memoirs, The Glass Castle , by Jeannette Walls. Through her tumultuous and unique upbringing, Johnson manages to pick out themes of identity, belief, and desire. She teases out the...
In The Next Room, September 22, 2011
...the person her father was, and the person he tried so hard to be. Like Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls, Swing Low is more of a True Life Novel than a traditional memoir or biography. Written almost entirely in the first person from Mel's...
Opinion Blog, August 4, 2011
...on history depends on who tells it To the Editor:The following was written in a novel by Jeannette Walls: “History gets written by the winners, and when the crooks win you get crooked history.” Sarah A. Mathews Syracuse Official’s calls to cell...
Book Journey, July 28, 2011
...Top Book Club Books in June 2011The following are the most popular book club books during June based on votes from readers and leaders of more than 30,000 book clubs registered at Bookmovement.com:1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett2. Room: A Novel by Emma...
Pasadena Daily Photo, July 16, 2011
...check out a memoir. Damn if it didn't turn out to be fantastic. ( The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls .) And damn if that isn't what a book club is for--opening your eyes to something you weren't looking for. I expanded my library horizons, too. I usually...
At Home With Books, July 12, 2011
...a lovely elderly neighbor lady). The first part of the book is reminiscent of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls in that CeeCee has to be the grown up in her family at a very young age. After a certain point in the book though, things start to look...