An older Jeanette struggles to grasp with her parents' nonconformist lifestyle and the psychological abuse and poor conditions forced on her growing up. Her mother is an artist, while her father is an alcoholic who together fail to provide a permanently safe and structured environment for Jeannette and her siblings. In the movie, Larson plays Jeanette, who reflects on her nomadic and unusual upbringing with her eccentric parents. The Glass Castle is based on a best-selling memoir of the same name by Jeanette Walls, released in 2005. Larson was joined by a star-studded cast that included A-list names like Naomi Watts known for Mulholland Drive, Woody Harrelson of True Detective, Max Greenfield of New Girl, and Sarah Snook of the wildly popular HBO series Succession. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the 2017 film starred Brie Larson. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries.The Glass Castle only shot in a few distinct locations to capture all of its scenes. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where are honors and advanced placement students.

S-Recommended for senior high school students.Ī-Recommended for advanced students and adults. Gibson, who reads with a young girl's voice, understands the personalities of this family, voicing especially well Jeannette and her artist mother. Her father's shocking perfidy, her mother's callous selfishness, their gross fights, and her repeated dodging of sexual exploitation make this a book not well suited to young students, but mature teens will ponder the confused roots of poverty, its uncertain effect on children, and how persons achieve the American dream.

The family lived in California and Nevada, Phoenix and West Virginia when their luck ran out, the law or bill collector, often both, were on their heels. She knew empty fridges and the attendant growling stomach, thrift store clothes, drunken furies, dreams of quick riches, a house falling apart, the contempt of others, the value of schools and libraries, and the need to be resourceful beyond her years. SAĪ model of youthful resilience comes vividly into focus as listeners follow Walls through a childhood caught between hero worship of her feckless father and only slightly less dysfunctional mother and her drive to create a better life. MLA style: 'The Glass Castle.' The Free Library.

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