First I was drawn in by the cover. Then the first sentence. And the next. And the next. And then I was a goner.

“I WAS SITTING IN a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster.”

When I read that first sentence I had to go back and re-read it because I thought, hm, wait, did she just said her Mom was going through the dumpster? And why was she being so chill about this. And from then on I just tore right through this book. It was so good I never thought it was possible for a book to be this good. I'm so weak for books about family relationship and father daughter relationship. I just love it so much because I could relate to the story, about the family moving around a lot, for not having money, and the thing that really struck me is how much I love my parents. When I was a kid I worshipped my parents but especially my Dad. I looked up to him like he was God. I wanted to impress him, to make him proud of me. Nothing he did could ever be wrong but as I grow older I started doubting, I started questioning my Dad and then there's just this gap between us and it sucks because I love my Dad, I really do and and I know a lot of people also went through this and it's awful for everyone and we just don't know how to fix it.

After I read this book I knew I was horrible to my parents for no reason at all and it made me realise that I need to be better, to be less selfish. The Glass Castle is one of those books that will make you weep and make you learn something, that no matter how bad things get, you can get through it if you have faith and that you need to learn how to forgive. If you haven't read this book, I say, read it now. Just drop everything you do and read. this. book.


“Pick out your favorite star," Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeps. He said it was my Christmas present.
"You can't give me a star!" I said. "No one owns the stars." ---

“What the hell," Dad said. "It's Christmas. You can have a planet if you want."
And he gave me Venus.”

“Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten," Dad said, "you'll still have your stars.”