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Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls is a writer and journalist.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she graduated with honors from Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia University. She published a bestselling memoir, The Glass Castle, in 2005. The book was adapted into a film and released to theaters in August, 2017. ...more

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	The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,256,506 ratings — published 2005 — 173 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angela's Ashes: (Frank McCourt Series, Book #1) by Frank McCourt, Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) (Foreward)(Narrator) 4.15 avg rating — 638,009 ratings — published 1996 — 299 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half Broke Horses 4.08 avg rating — 167,070 ratings — published 2009 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hang the Moon 3.83 avg rating — 72,504 ratings — published 2023 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Star 3.76 avg rating — 70,484 ratings — published 2013 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip 3.43 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Castle / Educated / Where the Crawdads Sing by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author), Tara Westover (Goodreads Author), Delia Owens (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 159 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ontembare paarden / Het glazen kasteel by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author), Ineke van Bronswijk (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter Garden / The Poacher's Son / A Thread So Thin / Half Broke Horses by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author), Paul Doiron (Goodreads Author), Marie Bostwick (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Star: A Novel 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Things usually work out in the end."
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

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“When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.”
― Jeannette Walls

tags: half-broke-horses, suicide

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“You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

tags: acceptance, people

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March BoTM Nominations ~ Historical Fiction ~ Final poll

The Berry Pickers

by Amanda Peters

13 votes, 39.4%

Marmee

by Sarah Miller

7 votes, 21.2%

The River We Remember

by William Kent Krueger

5 votes, 15.2%

Hang the Moon

by Jeannette Walls

4 votes, 12.1%

The Lipstick Bureau

by Michelle Gable

4 votes, 12.1%

33 total votes

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