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Jeannette Walls

Biography

Jeannette Walls

Jeannette Walls graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York. Her memoir, THE GLASS CASTLE, has been a New York Times bestseller for more than eight years. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers THE SILVER STAR and HALF BROKE HORSES, which was named one of the 10 best books of 2009 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.

Jeannette Walls

Books by Jeannette Walls

Hang the Moon
by Jeannette Walls - Fiction, Historical Fiction

From Jeannette Walls, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE GLASS CASTLE, comes a riveting novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition.

The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town --- and the family --- Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents' betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home. Jeannette Walls not only had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
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