by Jeannette Walls · Hoffmann + Campe Vlg GmbH · tapa dura · ISBN 9783455080049
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«Schloss aus Glas» is the autobiography of Jeannette Walls, published by Hoffmann und Campe in hardback (382 pages, in German).
Jeannette Walls recognizes in a homeless woman rummaging through a dumpster her own mother. That encounter triggers the account of her childhood amid constant moves, hardships, and the promises of a dreamer father who told them about a glass castle, a portrait of an eccentric family marked by poverty and alcoholism.
German edition of «The Glass Castle», translated by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann; the original work won the ALA Alex Award in 2006.
Recommended for book clubs and for readers interested in memoirs and biographies.
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Jeannette Walls is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of The Glass Castle, a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood. Published in 2005, it had been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 421 weeks as of June 3, 2018. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award and Christopher Award.
