The Glass Castle: a memoir - Jeannette Walls

This novel was recommended and lent to me by a new co-worker. It's quite different from my usual fare; memoirs are not usually my cup of tea. It had a definite 'Angela's Ashes' type of feel to me, not quite as grim and sorrowful, in fact at some points it was almost comical, but it had the same kind of downward spiral into grinding poverty.

I wonder what sort of take the homeless would have on this book, since it contains two characters who claim to want to be homeless. Part of the book are just too bizarre to wrap the mind around, and parts ring true, despite surface differences.

At times I had trouble putting it down. It was a compelling read but I'm not sure what message I took home.