Book · 2005 · Poor
The Glass Castle
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Well but I mean when you're uh there's a book called Glass Castle uh that is a a lady that was a MSNBC reporter um very well known and she was raised in an extremely weird toxic dysfunctional family.
Dave Ramsey · The Ramsey Show · Sep 2023 Listen at 55:34 What they say about it
- Compared to other memoirs“like the Educated Glass Castle”2
- Discussed as a pivotal memoir2
The best things said about it
It's kind like the Educated Glass Castle if you're a book fan.
Dave Ramsey The Ramsey Show · Jul 2024 And I love that memoir.
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Why people recommend it
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a powerful memoir detailing the author's unconventional, nomadic upbringing by eccentric and profoundly dysfunctional parents. On The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz and John Williams discussed the memoir alongside other pivotal books, noting how Walls's work broke genre taboos and shifted the public reception of autobiographical literature. Dave Ramsey referenced the book multiple times on The Ramsey Show while discussing difficult family backgrounds and comparing the themes of overcoming extreme hardship to other memoirs in the same genre. Similarly, Julie Piatt spoke about the book on The Rich Roll Podcast, drawing personal parallels between her own life experiences and the chaotic family dynamics described in the memoir. Throughout these discussions, speakers highlighted the book's stark honesty and emotional resonance, positioning it as a defining entry in modern biographical writing. The memoir continues to serve as a prominent cultural touchstone for conversations surrounding resilience, poverty, and the lasting impact of unconventional childhoods on adult life.
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Dave Ramsey It's Kind like the educated Glass Castle if you're a book fan it's kind of in that genre um educated Glass… 2
“It's Kind like the educated Glass Castle if you're a book fan it's kind of in that genre um educated Glass Castle no it's not it's not any more educated than Glass Castle was”
“well but I mean when you're uh there's a book called Glass Castle uh that is a a lady that was a MSNBC reporter um very well known and she was raised in an extremely weird toxic dysfunctional family”
Gilbert Cruz I mean in you know Janette Wall's a Glass Castle for example 1
“I mean in you know Janette Wall's a Glass Castle for example”
John Williams and some of them you mentioned I think The Glass Castle and the Liars club and there was Katherine Harrison… 1
“and some of them you mentioned I think The Glass Castle and the Liars club and there was Katherine Harrison's the kiss Memoirs that Were Somehow pivotal points”
Julie Piatt And we, like I said, we had a long time together and when she was describing the book to me it reminded me… 1
“And we, like I said, we had a long time together and when she was describing the book to me it reminded me of the memoir "Glass Castles". And I love that memoir. And I think I mentioned it before because like Rich and I were kind of similar to the characters like if it had just been dial clicked”
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“and some of them you mentioned I think The Glass Castle and the Liars club and there was Catherine Harrison's the kiss Memoirs that Were Somehow pivotal points”