01450cam a2200373 4500 157265324 TxAuBib 20100101120000.0 060327s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004058907 9780743247535 hc 0743247531 hc 9781439156964 1439156964 9780743247542 074324754X 978743247542 TxAuBib Walls, Jeannette. The glass castle : a memoir / Jeannette Walls. 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. New York : Scribner, 2006. 288 p. ; 21 cm. The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home. 20100101. Walls, Jeannette. Children of alcoholics United States Biography. Children of alcoholics West Virginia Welch Biography. Dysfunctional families United States Case studies. Problem families West Virginia Welch Case studies. Poor West Virginia Welch Biography. Homeless persons New York (State) New York Family relationships. Mental illness.