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Jeanette Walls describes her upbringing in this gripping, haunting, completely challenging book. From the very beginning, it is clear that Walls does not sugar coat the truth about her parents. At the same time, she does not pass judgment on them; instead, she leaves that to the reader. "The book recounts her and her siblings' unconventional, poverty-stricken upbringing at the hands of their deeply dysfunctional parents" (Wikipedia, "The Glass Castle"). Some scenes may not be for sensitive readers as the children are subjected to abuse and general neglect.