Critical Praise

"The Glass Castle is nothing short of spectacular."

——Entertainment Weekly

"Memoirs are our modern fairy tales.... The autobiographer is faced with the daunting challenge of attempting to understand, forgive, and even love the witch.... Readers will marvel at the intelligence and resilience of the Walls kids."

——Francine Prose, The New York Times Book Review, front page

"Walls has joined the company of writers such as Mary Karr and Frank McCourt who have been able to transform their sad memories into fine art."

——People